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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on April 17, 1990Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 April 1990395,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.0% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
395,607 km245,819 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 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.