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The Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 6, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 June 1990406,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 6, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
406,132 km252,359 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1990 is on Friday, June 8, 1990 at 11:01 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Wednesday, June 6, 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.