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The Moon on Saturday, August 3, 2002: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on August 3, 2002Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 August 2002393,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 3, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.4% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
393,035 km244,221 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 1, 200210:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 8, 200219:15

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Saturday, August 3, 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.