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The Moon on Wednesday, July 31, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on July 31, 2002Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 July 2002403,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
403,489 km250,717 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 24, 200209:07
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 1, 200210:22

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Wednesday, July 31, 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.