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The Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on December 26, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 December 1990373,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 26, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.9% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
373,197 km231,894 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 25, 199003:16
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 31, 199018:35

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Wednesday, December 26, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1990 to the new moon of January 15, 1991, a cycle of 29.81 days.