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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1990: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on October 17, 1990Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 October 1990396,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
396,223 km246,202 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1990 is on Thursday, October 4, 1990 at 12:02 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 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.