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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 1990: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 20 April 1990378,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
378,572 km235,233 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 18, 199007:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 25, 199004:28

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 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.