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The Moon on Friday, October 11, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on October 11, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 October 2002376,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 11, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
376,277 km233,807 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Friday, October 11, 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.