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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on April 27, 1990Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 April 1990360,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,497 km224,002 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 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.