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The Moon on Monday, August 19, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 August 2002389,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 19, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
389,278 km241,886 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Monday, August 19, 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.