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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 13, 2002Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 13 August 2002366,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
366,898 km227,980 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 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.