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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1990: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on March 21, 1990Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 March 1990389,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
389,755 km242,182 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.