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The Moon on Friday, March 15, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 March 2002406,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 15, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
406,000 km252,276 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2002 is on Thursday, March 28, 2002 at 18:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 02:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 14, 200202:03
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 22, 200202:28

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Friday, March 15, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 2002 to the new moon of April 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.72 days.