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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 September 2002396,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
396,192 km246,182 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2002 is on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 13:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 03:10 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 2002 to the new moon of October 6, 2002, a cycle of 29.34 days.