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The Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 16, 1990Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 May 1990390,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 16, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
390,874 km242,878 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Wednesday, May 16, 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.