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The Moon on Sunday, September 23, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on September 23, 1990Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 September 1990403,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 23, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
403,623 km250,799 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Sunday, September 23, 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.