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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on October 15, 2003Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 October 2003404,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,693 km251,465 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 10, 200307:28
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 18, 200312:31

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 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.