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The Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on December 7, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 December 2003406,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 7, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
406,267 km252,443 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 22:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Sunday, December 7, 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.