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The Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 2002Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 February 2002403,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 17, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
403,349 km250,629 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 2002 is on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 07:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 12, 200207:41
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 20, 200212:02

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Sunday, February 17, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2002 to the new moon of March 14, 2002, a cycle of 29.77 days.