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The Moon on Friday, December 6, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on December 6, 2002Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 December 2002374,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 6, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
374,728 km232,845 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2002 is on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 19:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Friday, December 6, 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.