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The Moon on Wednesday, January 31, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 1990Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 31 January 1990370,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 31, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
370,830 km230,423 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Wednesday, January 31, 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.