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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 1990Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 April 1990364,409 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
364,409 km226,433 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 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.