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The Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 June 1990405,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 5, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,992 km252,272 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1990 is on Friday, June 8, 1990 at 11:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 31, 199008:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 8, 199011:01

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Tuesday, June 5, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1990 to the new moon of June 22, 1990, a cycle of 29.30 days.