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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 2002Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 October 2002384,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
384,316 km238,803 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.