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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on November 8, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 November 2002374,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
374,586 km232,757 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.