Waning · 99.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°
Full Moon at
07:20UTC
Moon phase on October 21, 2002Full Moon
On Monday, October 21, 2002, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
405,786 km252,144 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Hunter's Moon, 405,938 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, October 13, 2002 | 05:33 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Monday, October 21, 2002 | 07:20 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | 05:28 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Monday, October 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2002, or the whole moon calendar 2002.
- The same date one year apart: 2001 · 2003.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.