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The Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2002: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on September 4, 2002Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 September 2002369,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
369,914 km229,854 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 2002 is on Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 22:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 03:10 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Wednesday, September 4, 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.