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The Moon on Friday, May 3, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on May 3, 2002Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 May 2002394,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 3, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
394,744 km245,283 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Friday, May 3, 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.