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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1990: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

First Quarter at

02:06UTC

Moon phase on September 27, 1990First Quarter

Thursday 27 September 1990400,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 1990, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
400,647 km248,950 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 19, 1990 at 00:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 19, 199000:47
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 27, 199002:06
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 4, 199012:02

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 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.