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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on July 15, 2002Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 July 2002368,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
368,193 km228,785 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 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.