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The Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 1, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 December 1990357,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 1, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
357,434 km222,099 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1990 is on Sunday, December 2, 1990 at 07:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 17, 1990 at 09:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, November 25, 199013:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 2, 199007:50

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Saturday, December 1, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 17, 1990 to the new moon of December 17, 1990, a cycle of 29.80 days.