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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on September 28, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 September 1990396,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.6% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
396,888 km246,614 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 27, 199002:06
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 4, 199012:02

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1990 to the new moon of October 18, 1990, a cycle of 29.62 days.