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The Moon on Tuesday, October 2, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on October 2, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 October 1990375,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 2, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
375,670 km233,430 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Tuesday, October 2, 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.