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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 18, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 May 1902397,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
397,762 km247,158 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 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.