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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 4, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 October 2003380,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
380,742 km236,582 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 26, 2003 at 03:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 2, 200319:09
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 10, 200307:28

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 26, 2003 to the new moon of October 25, 2003, a cycle of 29.40 days.