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The Moon on Wednesday, July 17, 2002: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

First Quarter at

04:47UTC

Moon phase on July 17, 2002First Quarter

Wednesday 17 July 2002370,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
370,864 km230,444 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 10, 200210:26
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 17, 200204:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 24, 200209:07

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Wednesday, July 17, 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.