Updated:  28 June 2005

2002 Phases of the Moon

Representation of Moonphases from New Moon First Quarter to Full Moon Last Quarter in days(d) hours(h) minutes(m) for full calendar year. Table section explanations are available by following the links on each section heading.

NOTE: All Times are in Universal Time (UTC). Remember to add the time offset from UTC for your locality.

        New Moon   First Quarter       Full Moon    Last Quarter    
       d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m          d  h  m
                                                   JAN.   6  3 55
JAN.  13 13 29   JAN.  21 17 46   JAN.  28 22 50   FEB.   4 13 33
FEB.  12  7 41   FEB.  20 12 02   FEB.  27  9 17   MAR.   6  1 24
MAR.  14  2 02   MAR.  22  2 28   MAR.  28 18 25   APR.   4 15 29
APR.  12 19 21   APR.  20 12 48   APR.  27  3 00   MAY    4  7 16
MAY   12 10 45   MAY   19 19 42   MAY   26 11 51   JUNE   3  0 05
JUNE  10 23 46   JUNE  18  0 29   JUNE  24 21 42   JULY   2 17 19
JULY  10 10 26   JULY  17  4 47   JULY  24  9 07   AUG.   1 10 22
AUG.   8 19 15   AUG.  15 10 12   AUG.  22 22 29   AUG.  31  2 31
SEPT.  7  3 10   SEPT. 13 18 08   SEPT. 21 13 59   SEPT. 29 17 03
OCT.   6 11 17   OCT.  13  5 33   OCT.  21  7 20   OCT.  29  5 28
NOV.   4 20 34   NOV.  11 20 52   NOV.  20  1 34   NOV.  27 15 46
DEC.   4  7 34   DEC.  11 15 48   DEC.  19 19 10   DEC.  27  0 31

             Perigee                                                    Apogee
---------------------------------   ---------------------------------
Jan  2  6:18 365411 km    F+2d19h   Jan 18  8:51 405502 km    N+4d19h
Jan 30  9:15 359996 km    F+1d10h   Feb 14 22:23 406360 km -  N+2d14h
Feb 27 20:29 356897 km ++ F+  11h   Mar 14  1:10 406704 km -- N-   0h
Mar 28  7:23 357011 km +  F-  11h   Apr 10  5:33 406407 km -  N-2d13h
Apr 25 15:21 360087 km    F-1d11h   May  7 19:16 405482 km    N-4d15h
May 23 15:41 364984 km    F-2d20h   Jun  4 12:59 404522 km    N-6d10h
Jun 19  7:30 369307 km    F-5d14h   Jul  2  7:36 404210 km    F+7d 9h
Jul 14 13:46 367851 km    N+4d 3h   Jul 30  1:46 404740 km    F+5d16h
Aug 10 23:08 362927 km    N+2d 3h   Aug 26 17:44 405693 km    F+3d19h
Sep  8  2:28 358744 km    N+  23h   Sep 23  3:27 406350 km +  F+1d13h
Oct  6 13:33 356919 km -  N+   2h   Oct 20  4:42 406357 km +  F-1d 2h
Nov  4  1:10 358153 km    N-  19h   Nov 16 11:31 405794 km    F-3d14h
Dec  2  8:04 362293 km    N-1d23h   Dec 14  3:58 404911 km    F-5d15h
Dec 30  0:50 367903 km    N-3d19h                                    

Perihelion  Jan   2 14    Equinoxes  Mar   20 19 16    Sept  23 04 56
Aphelion    July  6 04    Solstices  June  21 13 24    Dec   22 01 15

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