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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1990: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on October 12, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 12 October 1990378,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
378,478 km235,175 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 11, 199003:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 18, 199015:37

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 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.