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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2002: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on July 9, 2002Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 July 2002379,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
379,814 km236,005 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 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.