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The Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1990: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 21, 1990Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 June 1990359,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 21, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
359,934 km223,652 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1990 is on Friday, June 8, 1990 at 11:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 22, 1990 at 18:55 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 16, 199004:48
New Moon (after)Friday, June 22, 199018:55

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Thursday, June 21, 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.