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The Moon on Saturday, July 28, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on July 28, 1990Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 July 1990399,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 28, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
399,425 km248,191 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 22, 1990 at 02:54 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Saturday, July 28, 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.