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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 2003Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 December 2003398,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
398,585 km247,669 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 8, 200320:37
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 16, 200317:42

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 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.