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The Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 2, 1991Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 April 1991398,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 2, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
398,018 km247,317 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 30, 199107:18
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 7, 199106:46

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Tuesday, April 2, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1991 to the new moon of April 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.48 days.