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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1990: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Last Quarter at

21:18UTC

Moon phase on January 18, 1990Last Quarter

Thursday 18 January 1990403,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 1990, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
403,583 km250,775 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 11, 199004:57
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 18, 199021:18
New Moon (after)Friday, January 26, 199019:20

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.