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The Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on September 22, 1990Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 September 1990401,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 22, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
401,570 km249,524 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Saturday, September 22, 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.