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The Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 2003Waxing Crescent

Thursday 25 December 2003366,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 25, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
366,448 km227,700 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2003 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 23, 200309:43
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 30, 200310:04

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Thursday, December 25, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2003 to the new moon of January 21, 2004, a cycle of 29.47 days.