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The Moon on Wednesday, November 6, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on November 6, 2002Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 6 November 2002363,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
363,750 km226,024 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 4, 200220:34
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 11, 200220:52

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Wednesday, November 6, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 2002 to the new moon of December 4, 2002, a cycle of 29.46 days.