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The Moon on Thursday, November 21, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on November 21, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 November 2002397,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 21, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
397,238 km246,832 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 13 days later.

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Thursday, November 21, 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.