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The Moon on Saturday, July 21, 1990: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on July 21, 1990Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 July 1990367,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 21, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
367,198 km228,166 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1990 is on Sunday, July 8, 1990 at 01:24 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Saturday, July 21, 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.