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The Moon on Monday, October 15, 1990: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on October 15, 1990Waning Crescent

Monday 15 October 1990389,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 15, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
389,638 km242,110 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Monday, October 15, 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.