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The Moon on Monday, January 8, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 8, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 January 1990367,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 8, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
367,230 km228,186 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 1989 at 03:20 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 4, 199010:40
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 11, 199004:57

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Monday, January 8, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1989 to the new moon of January 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.67 days.