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The Moon on Monday, August 27, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on August 27, 1990Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 August 1990403,957 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
403,957 km251,007 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1990 at 12:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 20, 199012:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 28, 199007:34

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Monday, August 27, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1990 to the new moon of September 19, 1990, a cycle of 29.51 days.