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The Moon on Monday, September 17, 1990: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 17, 1990Waning Crescent

Monday 17 September 1990384,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 17, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
384,533 km238,938 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1990 is on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at 01:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 2 days later.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Monday, September 17, 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.