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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on June 23, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 June 2002375,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
375,474 km233,309 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.