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The Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2002: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on October 1, 2002Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 October 2002377,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 1, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
377,075 km234,303 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2002 is on Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 13:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 29, 200217:03
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 6, 200211:18

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Tuesday, October 1, 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.