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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 1990: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1990Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 March 1990394,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.4% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
394,969 km245,422 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 19, 199014:31
New Moon (after)Monday, March 26, 199019:48

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.