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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on October 27, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 October 1990392,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
392,845 km244,102 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1990 is on Friday, November 2, 1990 at 21:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 26, 199020:27
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 2, 199021:48

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 1990 to the new moon of November 17, 1990, a cycle of 29.73 days.