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The Moon on Monday, September 3, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on September 3, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Monday 3 September 1990383,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 3, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
383,796 km238,480 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Monday, September 3, 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.