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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 August 1902397,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
397,732 km247,139 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1902 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1902 at 06:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 3, 1902 at 20:17 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 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.