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The Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on November 17, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 November 2002405,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 17, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
405,329 km251,860 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Sunday, November 17, 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.