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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 2002: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on June 6, 2002Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 June 2002402,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
402,256 km249,950 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 2002 is on Sunday, May 26, 2002 at 11:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 3, 200200:05
New Moon (after)Monday, June 10, 200223:47

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 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.