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The Moon on Friday, August 31, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 31, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 August 1990397,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 31, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
397,285 km246,861 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Friday, August 31, 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.