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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on October 10, 2002Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 October 2002370,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
370,282 km230,083 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 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.