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The Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1990: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on February 20, 1990Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 February 1990394,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 20, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
394,775 km245,302 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Tuesday, February 20, 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.