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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1990: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on August 16, 1990Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 August 1990369,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
369,467 km229,576 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 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.