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The Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1902: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on December 17, 1902Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 December 1902360,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 17, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,360 km223,917 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1902 is on Monday, December 15, 1902 at 03:47 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1902 at 21:25 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 15, 190203:47
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 21, 190220:00

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Wednesday, December 17, 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.