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The Moon on Thursday, February 8, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on February 8, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 February 1990380,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 8, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
380,177 km236,231 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Thursday, February 8, 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.