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The Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 May 1902394,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 17, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
394,129 km244,900 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Saturday, May 17, 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.