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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on May 8, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 8 May 1990405,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
405,655 km252,062 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 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.