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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 16, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 August 1902400,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
400,637 km248,944 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1902 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1902 at 06:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1902 at 20:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.