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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on August 29, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 August 1990402,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
402,990 km250,406 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 28, 199007:34
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 5, 199001:46

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1990 to the new moon of September 19, 1990, a cycle of 29.51 days.