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The Moon on Sunday, November 3, 2002: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on November 3, 2002Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 November 2002358,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 3, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
358,413 km222,707 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 2002 is on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 07:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Sunday, November 3, 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.