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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 August 1902402,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
402,902 km250,352 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1902 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1902 at 06:03 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1902 at 20:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 11, 190204:24
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 19, 190206:03

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1902 to the new moon of September 2, 1902, a cycle of 29.38 days.