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The Moon on Monday, April 30, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 30, 1990Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 April 1990375,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 30, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
375,018 km233,025 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1990 is on Wednesday, May 9, 1990 at 19:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 25, 1990 at 04:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Monday, April 30, 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.