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The Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on January 30, 1990Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 30 January 1990371,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 30, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
371,992 km231,145 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 26, 199019:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 2, 199018:33

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Tuesday, January 30, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1990 to the new moon of February 25, 1990, a cycle of 29.57 days.