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The Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 22°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 April 1990389,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 5, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
389,815 km242,220 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 2, 199010:24
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 10, 199003:19

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Thursday, April 5, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 1990 to the new moon of April 25, 1990, a cycle of 29.36 days.