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The Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on January 22, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 January 2002395,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 22, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
395,350 km245,659 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 21, 200217:47
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 28, 200222:51

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Tuesday, January 22, 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.