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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on October 2, 1902Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 October 1902389,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
389,167 km241,817 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1902 is on Wednesday, September 17, 1902 at 18:23 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1902 at 17:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 1, 190217:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 9, 190217:21

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1902 to the new moon of October 31, 1902, a cycle of 29.63 days.