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The Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 6, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 December 2003405,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 6, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
405,914 km252,223 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 22:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 30, 200317:16
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 8, 200320:37

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Saturday, December 6, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2003 to the new moon of December 23, 2003, a cycle of 29.45 days.