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The Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on August 30, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 August 1990400,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 30, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
400,656 km248,956 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Thursday, August 30, 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.