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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on May 24, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 May 2002365,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
365,425 km227,064 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 10:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.