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The Moon on Thursday, May 2, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 2, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 May 2002389,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 2, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
389,452 km241,994 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Thursday, May 2, 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.