Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°
Full Moon at
22:29UTC
Moon phase on August 22, 2002Full Moon
On Thursday, August 22, 2002, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
398,931 km247,884 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Sturgeon Moon, 400,101 km from Earth. Blue Moon (seasonal)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 22, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 19:15 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, August 15, 2002 | 10:12 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, August 22, 2002 | 22:29 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 31, 2002 | 02:31 |
The Moon around August 22
More about this date
Thursday, August 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2002, or the whole moon calendar 2002.
- The same date one year apart: 2001 · 2003.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.