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The Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 December 2002404,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 14, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
404,835 km251,553 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2002 is on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 19:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Saturday, December 14, 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.