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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on October 7, 2002Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 October 2002357,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
357,798 km222,325 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 6, 200211:18
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 13, 200205:33

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2002 to the new moon of November 4, 2002, a cycle of 29.39 days.