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The Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1902: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1902Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 August 1902368,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 27, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
368,941 km229,250 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1902 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1902 at 06:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 2, 1902 at 05:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 26, 190211:04
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 2, 190205:19

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Wednesday, August 27, 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.