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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1990: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on February 23, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 23 February 1990379,409 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
379,409 km235,754 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 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.