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The Moon on Tuesday, July 24, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on July 24, 1990Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 July 1990379,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 24, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
379,924 km236,074 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 22, 199002:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 29, 199014:02

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Tuesday, July 24, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1990 to the new moon of August 20, 1990, a cycle of 29.41 days.