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The Moon on Saturday, February 24, 1990: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on February 24, 1990Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 February 1990374,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 24, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
374,625 km232,781 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Saturday, February 24, 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.