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The Moon on Tuesday, September 24, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 24, 2002Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 September 2002405,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
405,643 km252,055 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2002 is on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 13:59 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 21, 200213:59
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 29, 200217:03

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Tuesday, September 24, 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.