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The Moon on Monday, August 20, 1990: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

New Moon at

12:39UTC

Moon phase on August 20, 1990New Moon

Monday 20 August 1990379,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 20, 1990, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
379,090 km235,555 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 13, 199015:54
New Moon (this day)Monday, August 20, 199012:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 28, 199007:34

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Monday, August 20, 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.