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The Moon on Sunday, December 30, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on December 30, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 30 December 1990357,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 30, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
357,974 km222,435 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Sunday, December 30, 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.