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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 2002: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on July 5, 2002Waning Crescent

Friday 5 July 2002397,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
397,979 km247,293 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 2, 200217:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 10, 200210:26

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.