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The Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2002: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on May 7, 2002Waning Crescent

Tuesday 7 May 2002405,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
405,422 km251,918 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Tuesday, May 7, 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.