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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2002: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Last Quarter at

05:28UTC

Moon phase on October 29, 2002Last Quarter

Tuesday 29 October 2002378,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
378,968 km235,480 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 21, 200207:20
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 29, 200205:28
New Moon (after)Monday, November 4, 200220:34

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.