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The Moon on Friday, December 28, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on December 28, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 December 1990363,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 28, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
363,252 km225,714 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Friday, December 28, 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.