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The Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 28, 1990Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 March 1990360,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 28, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
360,570 km224,047 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 26, 199019:48
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 2, 199010:24

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Wednesday, March 28, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 1990 to the new moon of April 25, 1990, a cycle of 29.36 days.