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The Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

29.9days

Moon phase on May 8, 1902Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 May 1902358,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 8, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
358,579 km222,811 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 7, 190222:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 14, 190213:40

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Thursday, May 8, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1902 to the new moon of June 6, 1902, a cycle of 29.31 days.