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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 2003Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 December 2003371,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
371,962 km231,127 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2003 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.