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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 2002: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Last Quarter at

10:22UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 2002Last Quarter

Thursday 1 August 2002401,119 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 2002, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
401,119 km249,244 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 24, 200209:07
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 1, 200210:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 8, 200219:15

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.