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The Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 2002Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 August 2002405,394 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 27, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
405,394 km251,900 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 03:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Tuesday, August 27, 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.