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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 26, 1990Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 April 1990358,104 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
358,104 km222,515 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 25, 199004:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 1, 199020:18

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1990 to the new moon of May 24, 1990, a cycle of 29.31 days.