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The Moon on Sunday, July 21, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on July 21, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 July 2002381,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 21, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
381,117 km236,815 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Sunday, July 21, 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.