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The Moon on Sunday, August 19, 1990: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 1990Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 August 1990375,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 19, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
375,483 km233,314 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1990 is on Monday, August 6, 1990 at 14:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Sunday, August 19, 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.