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The Moon on Friday, September 27, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on September 27, 2002Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 September 2002398,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 27, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
398,429 km247,572 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2002 is on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 13:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Friday, September 27, 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.