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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 2002: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on April 5, 2002Waning Crescent

Friday 5 April 2002395,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
395,601 km245,815 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2002 is on Thursday, March 28, 2002 at 18:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 4, 200215:29
New Moon (after)Friday, April 12, 200219:21

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 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.