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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2002: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on December 26, 2002Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 December 2002372,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.0% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
372,195 km231,271 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2002 is on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 19:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 20:23 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 19, 200219:10
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 27, 200200:31

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 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.