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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 20, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 1902403,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
403,062 km250,451 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.