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The Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on January 3, 1990Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 January 1990373,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
373,656 km232,179 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 1989 at 03:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 28, 198903:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 4, 199010:40

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Wednesday, January 3, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1989 to the new moon of January 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.67 days.