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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 2003Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 December 2003386,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.1% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
386,526 km240,176 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 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.