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The Moon on Tuesday, July 17, 1990: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on July 17, 1990Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 July 1990366,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 17, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
366,690 km227,851 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1990 is on Sunday, July 8, 1990 at 01:24 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 15, 199011:04
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 22, 199002:54

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Tuesday, July 17, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1990 to the new moon of July 22, 1990, a cycle of 29.33 days.