New moon dates 2002
- 2002: 12 × new moon — 13 January 2002, 12 February 2002, 14 March 2002, 12 April 2002, 12 May 2002, 11 June 2002, 10 July 2002, 8 August 2002, 7 September 2002, 6 October 2002, 4 November 2002, 4 December 2002.
New moon dates 2002
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 13 Jan | 13:28 | passed |
| Tue 12 Feb | 07:40 | passed |
| Thu 14 Mar | 02:02 | passed |
| Fri 12 Apr | 19:21 | passed |
| Sun 12 May | 10:45 | passed |
| Tue 11 Jun | 23:46 | passed |
| Wed 10 Jul | 10:25 | passed |
| Thu 8 Aug | 19:15 | passed |
| Sat 7 Sep | 03:10 | passed |
| Sun 6 Oct | 11:17 | passed |
| Mon 4 Nov | 20:34 | passed |
| Wed 4 Dec | 07:34 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.