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The Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2002: First Quarter, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

First Quarter at

00:29UTC

Moon phase on June 18, 2002First Quarter

Tuesday 18 June 2002369,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, the Moon was a First Quarter: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
369,489 km229,590 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 10, 200223:47
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, June 18, 200200:29
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 24, 200221:42

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 2002 to the new moon of July 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.44 days.