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The Moon on Friday, March 29, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on March 29, 2002Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 March 2002358,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 29, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
358,373 km222,683 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 2002 is on Thursday, March 28, 2002 at 18:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 28, 200218:25
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 4, 200215:29

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Friday, March 29, 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.