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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on July 12, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 July 2002369,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
369,793 km229,778 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 10, 200210:26
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 17, 200204:47

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 2002 to the new moon of August 8, 2002, a cycle of 29.37 days.