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The Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on September 28, 2002Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 September 2002394,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 28, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
394,144 km244,910 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2002 is on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 13:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Saturday, September 28, 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.