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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1990: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on July 18, 1990Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 July 1990365,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
365,051 km226,832 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1990 is on Sunday, July 8, 1990 at 01:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 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.