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The Moon on Monday, August 26, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 2002Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 August 2002405,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 26, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
405,657 km252,064 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 03:10 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 22, 200222:29
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 31, 200202:31

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Monday, August 26, 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.