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The Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on April 30, 2002Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 30 April 2002377,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
377,494 km234,564 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 27, 200203:00
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 4, 200207:16

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Tuesday, April 30, 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.