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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2002: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 3, 2002Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 October 2002365,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
365,443 km227,075 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 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.