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The Moon on Wednesday, January 30, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on January 30, 2002Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 January 2002360,001 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 30, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
360,001 km223,694 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 07:41 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Wednesday, January 30, 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.