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The Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on January 29, 2002Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 January 2002360,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 29, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
360,655 km224,101 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 07:41 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 28, 200222:51
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 4, 200213:33

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Tuesday, January 29, 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.