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The Moon on Monday, December 8, 2003: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Full Moon at

20:37UTC

Moon phase on December 8, 2003Full Moon

Monday 8 December 2003405,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 8, 2003, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
405,943 km252,241 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 405,673 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 22:59 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 30, 200317:16
Full Moon (this day)Monday, December 8, 200320:37
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 16, 200317:42

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Monday, December 8, 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.