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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2003: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on December 20, 2003Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 December 2003361,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
361,854 km224,845 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2003 is on Monday, December 8, 2003 at 20:37 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.