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The Moon on Monday, October 1, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on October 1, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Monday 1 October 1990381,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 1, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
381,148 km236,834 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Monday, October 1, 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.