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The Moon on Monday, May 7, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 7, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Monday 7 May 1990404,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 7, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
404,291 km251,215 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 1, 199020:18
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 9, 199019:31

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Monday, May 7, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1990 to the new moon of May 24, 1990, a cycle of 29.31 days.