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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on May 15, 2002Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 May 2002386,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
386,443 km240,125 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 12, 200210:45
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 19, 200219:42

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 2002 to the new moon of June 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.54 days.