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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on December 13, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 December 2002404,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.2% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
404,635 km251,428 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2002 is on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 19:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 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.