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The Moon on Tuesday, May 29, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on May 29, 1990Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 May 1990379,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 29, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
379,404 km235,751 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1990 is on Friday, June 8, 1990 at 11:01 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 24, 1990 at 11:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 24, 199011:47
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 31, 199008:11

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Tuesday, May 29, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1990 to the new moon of June 22, 1990, a cycle of 29.30 days.