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The Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on October 9, 1990Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 October 1990367,730 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 9, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
367,730 km228,497 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 4, 199012:02
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 11, 199003:31

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Tuesday, October 9, 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.