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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 24, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 October 2002400,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
400,452 km248,829 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 21, 200207:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 29, 200205:28

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 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.