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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2002: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Last Quarter at

07:16UTC

Moon phase on May 4, 2002Last Quarter

Saturday 4 May 2002399,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 2002, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
399,135 km248,011 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 27, 200203:00
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 4, 200207:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 12, 200210:45

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.