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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1902: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 1902Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 1902373,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
373,210 km231,902 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1902 is on Friday, October 17, 1902 at 06:01 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1902 at 17:09 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 9, 190217:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 17, 190206:01

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 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.