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The Moon on Monday, July 8, 2002: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on July 8, 2002Waning Crescent

Monday 8 July 2002384,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 8, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
384,473 km238,900 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Monday, July 8, 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.