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The Moon on Sunday, September 1, 2002: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on September 1, 2002Waning Crescent

Sunday 1 September 2002387,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 1, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
387,978 km241,078 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 03:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 31, 200202:31
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 7, 200203:10

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Sunday, September 1, 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.