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The Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on November 5, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 November 2003398,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
398,519 km247,628 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 2003 is on Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 01:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 1, 200304:25
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 9, 200301:14

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 25, 2003 to the new moon of November 23, 2003, a cycle of 29.42 days.