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The Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 2, 1902Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 December 1902406,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 2, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
406,410 km252,531 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1902 is on Monday, December 15, 1902 at 03:47 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 30, 1902 at 02:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 30, 190202:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 8, 190206:27

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Tuesday, December 2, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 30, 1902 to the new moon of December 29, 1902, a cycle of 29.81 days.