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The Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 1991Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 August 1991387,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 28, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
387,296 km240,654 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1991 is on Sunday, August 25, 1991 at 09:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 8, 1991 at 11:01 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 25, 199109:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 1, 199118:16

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Wednesday, August 28, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1991 to the new moon of September 8, 1991, a cycle of 29.36 days.