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The Moon on Thursday, April 25, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 25, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 April 2002360,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 25, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
360,103 km223,757 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 20, 200212:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 27, 200203:00

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Thursday, April 25, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 2002 to the new moon of May 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.64 days.