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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on May 21, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 May 2002367,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
367,434 km228,313 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 19, 200219:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 26, 200211:51

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 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.