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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on March 31, 1990Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 March 1990367,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,684 km228,468 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.