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The Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 5, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 July 1990403,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 5, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
403,748 km250,877 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1990 is on Sunday, July 8, 1990 at 01:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 22, 1990 at 18:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 29, 199022:08
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 8, 199001:24

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Thursday, July 5, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1990 to the new moon of July 22, 1990, a cycle of 29.33 days.