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The Moon on Thursday, November 28, 2002: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on November 28, 2002Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 November 2002371,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 28, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
371,267 km230,694 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 27, 200215:46
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 4, 200207:34

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Thursday, November 28, 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.