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The Moon on Friday, May 17, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on May 17, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 May 2002379,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 17, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
379,480 km235,798 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Friday, May 17, 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.