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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on December 6, 1990Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 December 1990370,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
370,715 km230,352 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1990 is on Sunday, December 2, 1990 at 07:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 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.