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The Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1990: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 24, 1990Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 January 1990391,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 24, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
391,925 km243,531 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1990 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Wednesday, January 24, 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.