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The Moon on Monday, December 3, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on December 3, 1990Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 December 1990357,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 3, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
357,623 km222,217 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1990 is on Sunday, December 2, 1990 at 07:50 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 2, 199007:50
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 9, 199002:04

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Monday, December 3, 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.