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The Moon on Friday, May 16, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on May 16, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 May 1902389,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 16, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.9% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
389,858 km242,246 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 14, 190213:40
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 22, 190210:46

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Friday, May 16, 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.