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The Moon on Monday, January 22, 1990: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on January 22, 1990Waning Crescent

Monday 22 January 1990399,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 22, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
399,606 km248,303 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Monday, January 22, 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.