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The Moon on Friday, September 21, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on September 21, 1990Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 September 1990398,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 21, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
398,747 km247,770 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Friday, September 21, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1990 to the new moon of October 18, 1990, a cycle of 29.62 days.