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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 August 2002385,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
385,579 km239,588 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 15, 200210:12
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 22, 200222:29

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.