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The Moon on Thursday, February 22, 1990: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on February 22, 1990Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 February 1990384,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 22, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
384,637 km239,002 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Thursday, February 22, 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.