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The Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2002: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 30, 2002Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 October 2002373,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
373,494 km232,078 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 29, 200205:28
New Moon (after)Monday, November 4, 200220:34

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Wednesday, October 30, 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.