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The Moon on Monday, January 15, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 1990Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 January 1990393,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 15, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
393,826 km244,712 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 11, 199004:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 18, 199021:18

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Monday, January 15, 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.