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The Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1990: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on February 18, 1990Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 February 1990402,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 18, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
402,016 km249,801 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 17, 199018:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 25, 199008:55

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Sunday, February 18, 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.