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The Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on August 4, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 August 1990395,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 4, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
395,778 km245,925 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Saturday, August 4, 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.