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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on October 18, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 October 2002405,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,316 km251,852 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 11:18 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.