Waxing · 13.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°
Moon age
3.0days
Moon phase on October 9, 2002Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
364,871 km226,720 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 9, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, October 6, 2002 | 11:18 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, October 13, 2002 | 05:33 |
The Moon around October 9
More about this date
Wednesday, October 9, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2002, or the whole moon calendar 2002.
- The same date one year apart: 2001 · 2003.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.