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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on May 15, 1990Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 May 1990395,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
395,424 km245,705 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 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.