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The Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on February 15, 1990Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 February 1990403,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 15, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.0% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
403,806 km250,913 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 9, 199019:16
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 17, 199018:48

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Thursday, February 15, 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.