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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on July 20, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 July 2002378,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
378,078 km234,926 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 17, 200204:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 24, 200209:07

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.