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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1902: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1902Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 May 1902405,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
405,947 km252,244 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 6, 1902 at 06:11 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 22, 190210:46
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 30, 190212:00

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 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.