Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on December 27, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 1990367,870 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
367,870 km228,584 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.