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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 2003: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on December 19, 2003Waning Crescent

Friday 19 December 2003365,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
365,818 km227,309 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 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.