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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 December 2003399,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
399,720 km248,374 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2003 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 30, 200310:04
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 7, 200415:40

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 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.