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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 1990: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on March 23, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 23 March 1990377,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
377,913 km234,824 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 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.