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The Moon on Thursday, September 26, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on September 26, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 September 2002401,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 26, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
401,772 km249,649 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2002 is on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 13:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Thursday, September 26, 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.