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The Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on January 1, 2002Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 1 January 2002365,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 1, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
365,791 km227,292 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2002 is on Sunday, December 30, 2001 at 10:41 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 30, 200110:41
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 6, 200203:55

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Tuesday, January 1, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2001 to the new moon of January 13, 2002, a cycle of 29.70 days.