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The Moon on Friday, January 19, 1990: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on January 19, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 19 January 1990404,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 19, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
404,465 km251,323 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 18, 199021:18
New Moon (after)Friday, January 26, 199019:20

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Friday, January 19, 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.