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The Moon on Monday, April 2, 1990: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

First Quarter at

10:24UTC

Moon phase on April 2, 1990First Quarter

Monday 2 April 1990376,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 2, 1990, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
376,570 km233,990 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 26, 199019:48
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 2, 199010:24
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 10, 199003:19

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Monday, April 2, 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.