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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 31, 1902Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 December 1902405,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
405,745 km252,118 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1902 is on Tuesday, January 13, 1903 at 14:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 29, 1902 at 21:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 29, 190221:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 6, 190321:57

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1902 to the new moon of January 28, 1903, a cycle of 29.80 days.