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The Moon on Friday, July 6, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 July 1990401,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 6, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
401,769 km249,647 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1990 is on Sunday, July 8, 1990 at 01:24 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 22, 1990 at 18:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Friday, July 6, 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.