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The Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 9, 1990Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 August 1990378,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 9, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
378,039 km234,902 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 6, 199014:20
Last Quarter (after)Monday, August 13, 199015:54

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Thursday, August 9, 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.