Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on July 23, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 July 2002387,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
387,938 km241,054 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.