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Moon phases December 2002

New moon
Wed 04 Dec
07:34 UTC
First quarter
Wed 11 Dec
15:49 UTC
Full · Cold
Thu 19 Dec
19:10 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 27 Dec
00:31 UTC

In December 2002 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Wednesday, December 4 at 07:34 UTC, the First Quarter on Wednesday, December 11 at 15:49 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, December 19 at 19:10 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, December 27 at 00:31 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 11% lit 11% 02 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 03 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 04New New Moon, 0% lit 0%07:34 05 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 06 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 07 Waxing Crescent, 13% lit 13% 08 Waxing Crescent, 21% lit 21% 09 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 10 Waxing Crescent, 39% lit 39% 11First Q First Quarter, 49% lit 49%15:49 12 Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit 76% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 16 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit 95% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 19Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%19:10 20 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 21 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 22 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 23 Waning Gibbous, 85% lit 85% 24 Waning Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 25 Waning Gibbous, 67% lit 67% 26 Waning Gibbous, 56% lit 56% 27Last Q Last Quarter, 45% lit 45%00:31 28 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 29 Waning Crescent, 23% lit 23% 30 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 31 Waning Crescent, 7% lit 7%

Exact phase times

December 2002 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on December 4, the First Quarter on December 11, the Full Moon on December 19 and the Last Quarter on December 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonWednesday, December 4, 200207:34
First QuarterWednesday, December 11, 200215:49
Full MoonThursday, December 19, 200219:10
Last QuarterFriday, December 27, 200200:31

Thursday, December 19, 2002: Cold Moon, 391,747 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2002

Twelve full moons, one blue

28 Jan Wolf Supermoon 27 Feb Snow Supermoon 28 Mar Worm Supermoon 27 Apr Pink Supermoon 26 May Flower penumbral eclipse 24 Jun Straw­berry penumbral eclipse 24 Jul Buck 22 Aug Sturgeon Blue moon 21 Sept Harvest Micromoon 21 Oct Hunter’s Micromoon 20 Nov Beaver penumbral eclipse 19 Dec Cold