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The Moon on Friday, August 3, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 3, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 August 1990399,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 3, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
399,120 km248,001 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 29, 199014:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 6, 199014:20

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Friday, August 3, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1990 to the new moon of August 20, 1990, a cycle of 29.41 days.