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The Moon on Saturday, November 23, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on November 23, 2002Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 November 2002390,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 23, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
390,882 km242,883 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 11 days later.

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Saturday, November 23, 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.