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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 1990Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 January 1990378,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
378,927 km235,454 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 11, 199004:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 18, 199021:18

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 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.