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The Moon on Sunday, May 5, 2002: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on May 5, 2002Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 May 2002402,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 5, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.7% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
402,424 km250,054 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2002 is on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 03:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 4, 200207:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 12, 200210:45

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Sunday, May 5, 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.