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The Moon on Sunday, March 4, 1990: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

First Quarter at

02:05UTC

Moon phase on March 4, 1990First Quarter

Sunday 4 March 1990373,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 4, 1990, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
373,121 km231,847 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 25, 199008:55
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 4, 199002:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 11, 199010:59

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Sunday, March 4, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1990 to the new moon of March 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.45 days.