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The Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1990: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Last Quarter at

02:04UTC

Moon phase on December 9, 1990Last Quarter

Sunday 9 December 1990388,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 9, 1990, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
388,759 km241,564 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1990 is on Sunday, December 2, 1990 at 07:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 2, 199007:50
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, December 9, 199002:04
New Moon (after)Monday, December 17, 199004:22

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Sunday, December 9, 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.