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The Moon on Monday, December 2, 2002: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on December 2, 2002Waning Crescent

Monday 2 December 2002362,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 2, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
362,293 km225,118 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Monday, December 2, 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.