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The Moon on Friday, July 27, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on July 27, 1990Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 July 1990395,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
395,445 km245,718 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Friday, July 27, 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.