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The Moon on Wednesday, May 21, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 21, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 May 1902404,754 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 21, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
404,754 km251,502 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Wednesday, May 21, 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.