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The Moon on Sunday, August 2, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on August 2, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 August 1903398,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 2, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
398,072 km247,350 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1903 is on Saturday, August 8, 1903 at 08:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 24, 1903 at 12:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 31, 190307:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 8, 190308:54

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Sunday, August 2, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1903 to the new moon of August 22, 1903, a cycle of 29.30 days.