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The Moon on Saturday, August 2, 1902: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 2, 1902Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 August 1902363,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 2, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
363,047 km225,587 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1902 is on Sunday, July 20, 1902 at 16:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1902 at 20:17 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 28, 190205:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 3, 190220:17

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Saturday, August 2, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 5, 1902 to the new moon of August 3, 1902, a cycle of 29.30 days.