Updated:  28 June 2005

2003 Phases of the Moon

Representation of Moonphases from New Moon First Quarter to Full Moon Last Quarter in days(d) hours(h) minutes(m) for full calendar year. Table section explanations are available by following the links on each section heading.

NOTE: All Times are in Universal Time (UTC). Remember to add the time offset from UTC for your locality.

        New Moon   First Quarter       Full Moon    Last Quarter    
       d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m
JAN.   2 20 23   JAN.  10 13 15   JAN.  18 10 48   JAN.  25  8 33
FEB.   1 10 48   FEB.   9 11 11   FEB.  16 23 51   FEB.  23 16 46
MAR.   3  2 35   MAR.  11  7 15   MAR.  18 10 34   MAR.  25  1 51
APR.   1 19 19   APR.   9 23 40   APR.  16 19 36   APR.  23 12 18
MAY    1 12 15   MAY    9 11 53   MAY   16  3 36   MAY   23  0 31
MAY   31  4 20   JUNE   7 20 28   JUNE  14 11 16   JUNE  21 14 45
JUNE  29 18 39   JULY   7  2 32   JULY  13 19 21   JULY  21  7 01
JULY  29  6 53   AUG.   5  7 28   AUG.  12  4 48   AUG.  20  0 48
AUG.  27 17 26   SEPT.  3 12 34   SEPT. 10 16 36   SEPT. 18 19 03
SEPT. 26  3 09   OCT.   2 19 09   OCT.  10  7 27   OCT.  18 12 31
OCT.  25 12 50   NOV.   1  4 24   NOV.   9  1 13   NOV.  17  4 15
NOV.  23 22 59   NOV.  30 17 16   DEC.   8 20 37   DEC.  16 17 42
DEC.  23  9 43   DEC.  30 10 03                                  

             Perigee                                                    Apogee
---------------------------------   ---------------------------------
                                    Jan 11  0:44 404342 km    F-7d10h
Jan 23 23:46 369911 km    F+5d12h   Feb  7 21:59 404549 km    N+6d11h
Feb 19 15:09 364843 km    F+2d15h   Mar  7 16:35 405382 km    N+4d13h
Mar 19 18:27 359817 km    F+1d 7h   Apr  4  4:32 406209 km -  N+2d 9h
Apr 17  5:20 357157 km +  F+   9h   May  1  7:40 406528 km -- N-   4h
May 15 15:40 357448 km    F-  11h   May 28 13:06 406169 km -  N-2d15h
Jun 12 22:48 360426 km    F-1d12h   Jun 25  2:26 405232 km    N-4d16h
Jul 10 21:45 365142 km    F-2d21h   Jul 22 19:38 404329 km    N-6d11h
Aug  6 13:52 369436 km    F-5d14h   Aug 19 14:23 404101 km    F+7d 9h
Aug 31 19:32 367927 km    N+4d 2h   Sep 16  9:23 404712 km    F+5d16h
Sep 28  5:35 362836 km    N+2d 2h   Oct 14  2:28 405691 km    F+3d18h
Oct 26 10:29 358548 km    N+  21h   Nov 10 12:06 406297 km +  F+1d10h
Nov 23 23:28 356811 km -- N+   0h   Dec  7 12:06 406279 km +  F-1d 8h
Dec 22 12:51 358341 km    N-  20h                                    

Perihelion  Jan   4 05    Equinoxes  Mar   21 01 00    Sept  23 10 47
Aphelion    July  4 06    Solstices  June  21 19 10    Dec   22 07 04

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