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The Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 October 2002401,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
401,112 km249,239 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 13, 200205:33
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 21, 200207:20

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Wednesday, October 16, 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.