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The Moon on Friday, April 26, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 26, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 April 2002360,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 26, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
360,648 km224,096 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 12, 2002 at 19:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Friday, April 26, 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.