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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 2003Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 2003402,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
402,680 km250,214 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 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.