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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 August 2002401,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.5% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
401,642 km249,568 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 03:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 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.