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The Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 8, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 April 1990399,708 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 8, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
399,708 km248,367 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Sunday, April 8, 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.