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The Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2002: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

New Moon at

07:34UTC

Moon phase on December 4, 2002New Moon

Wednesday 4 December 2002365,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
365,805 km227,301 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2002 is on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 01:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 27, 200215:46
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, December 4, 200207:34
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 11, 200215:49

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Wednesday, December 4, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2002 to the new moon of January 2, 2003, a cycle of 29.53 days.