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The Moon on Friday, June 21, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on June 21, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 June 2002370,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 21, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
370,877 km230,452 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Friday, June 21, 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.