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The Moon on Friday, August 2, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on August 2, 1901Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 August 1901374,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 2, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
374,348 km232,609 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1901 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1901 at 10:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 31, 190110:34
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 7, 190108:02

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Friday, August 2, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1901 to the new moon of August 14, 1901, a cycle of 29.43 days.