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The Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 2003Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 December 2003378,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 27, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
378,114 km234,949 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2003 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Saturday, December 27, 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.