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The Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1990: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on January 20, 1990Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 January 1990404,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 20, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
404,031 km251,053 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Saturday, January 20, 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.