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The Moon on Wednesday, August 14, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 2002Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 August 2002370,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
370,116 km229,980 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Wednesday, August 14, 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.