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The Moon on Monday, November 18, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on November 18, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 November 2002404,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 18, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
404,109 km251,101 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 20:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Monday, November 18, 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.