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The Moon on Sunday, October 13, 2002: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

First Quarter at

05:33UTC

Moon phase on October 13, 2002First Quarter

Sunday 13 October 2002388,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 13, 2002, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
388,140 km241,179 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 6, 200211:18
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 13, 200205:33
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 21, 200207:20

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Sunday, October 13, 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.