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The Moon on Friday, May 11, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1990Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 May 1990405,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 11, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
405,667 km252,069 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 9, 199019:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 17, 199019:45

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Friday, May 11, 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.