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The Moon on Saturday, August 10, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 10, 2002Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 August 2002363,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 10, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
363,085 km225,610 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 8, 200219:15
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 15, 200210:12

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Saturday, August 10, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2002 to the new moon of September 7, 2002, a cycle of 29.33 days.