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The Moon on Sunday, January 20, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on January 20, 2002Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 January 2002402,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 20, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
402,824 km250,303 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 13, 200213:29
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 21, 200217:47

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Sunday, January 20, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2002 to the new moon of February 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.76 days.