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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2002: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 31, 2002Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 October 2002368,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
368,259 km228,825 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.