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The Moon on Thursday, February 7, 2002: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on February 7, 2002Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 February 2002389,980 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 7, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
389,980 km242,322 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 07:41 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 4, 200213:33
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 12, 200207:41

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Thursday, February 7, 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.