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The Moon on Saturday, December 29, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on December 29, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 December 1990359,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 29, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
359,816 km223,579 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Saturday, December 29, 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.