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The Moon on Sunday, August 4, 2002: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on August 4, 2002Waning Crescent

Sunday 4 August 2002387,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 4, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
387,767 km240,947 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2002 is on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 09:07 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Sunday, August 4, 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.