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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on June 20, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 June 2002369,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
369,743 km229,747 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 18, 200200:29
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 24, 200221:42

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 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.