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The Moon on Sunday, April 7, 2002: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on April 7, 2002Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 April 2002402,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 7, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
402,965 km250,391 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2002 is on Thursday, March 28, 2002 at 18:25 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Sunday, April 7, 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.