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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1902: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1902Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 August 1902367,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,921 km228,616 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1902 is on Tuesday, August 19, 1902 at 06:03 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 2, 1902 at 05:19 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 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.