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The Moon on Tuesday, August 14, 1990: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 14, 1990Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 August 1990369,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 14, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
369,330 km229,491 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 13, 199015:54
New Moon (after)Monday, August 20, 199012:39

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Tuesday, August 14, 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.