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The Moon on Saturday, July 6, 2002: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on July 6, 2002Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 July 2002393,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 6, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
393,913 km244,766 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Saturday, July 6, 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.