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The Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 1990Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 April 1990402,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 15, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
402,802 km250,289 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 10, 199003:19
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 18, 199007:03

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Sunday, April 15, 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.