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The Moon on Saturday, April 21, 1990: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on April 21, 1990Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 April 1990372,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 21, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
372,385 km231,389 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1990 is on Tuesday, April 10, 1990 at 03:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Saturday, April 21, 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.