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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2002: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 2002Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 December 2002368,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.5% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
368,851 km229,193 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2002 is on Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 19:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 20:23 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 27, 200200:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 2, 200320:23

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.