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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on May 29, 2002Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 29 May 2002384,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
384,353 km238,826 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 26, 200211:51
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 3, 200200:05

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.