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The Moon on Saturday, January 26, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on January 26, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 January 2002372,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 26, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
372,132 km231,232 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 13, 2002 at 13:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Saturday, January 26, 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.