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The Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2002: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on December 15, 2002Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 December 2002403,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 15, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
403,898 km250,970 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2002 is on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 19:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 07:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Sunday, December 15, 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.