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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 2002Waning Gibbous

Saturday 26 October 2002393,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
393,654 km244,605 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 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.