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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2002: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 12, 2002Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 March 2002405,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
405,899 km252,214 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2002 is on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 02:03 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 6, 200201:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 14, 200202:03

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 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.