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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2003: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 2003Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 December 2003376,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
376,027 km233,652 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 16, 200317:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 23, 200309:43

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.