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The Moon on Saturday, November 16, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 November 2002405,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 16, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
405,783 km252,142 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 11, 200220:52
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, November 20, 200201:34

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Saturday, November 16, 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.