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The Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on February 19, 2002Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 February 2002396,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
396,324 km246,264 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 2002 is on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:17 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 07:41 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Tuesday, February 19, 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.