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The Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on February 7, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 February 1990377,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 7, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
377,149 km234,349 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 2, 199018:33
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 9, 199019:16

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Wednesday, February 7, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1990 to the new moon of February 25, 1990, a cycle of 29.57 days.