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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on October 23, 1990Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 October 1990405,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
405,453 km251,937 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1990 is on Friday, November 2, 1990 at 21:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 18, 199015:37
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 26, 199020:27

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 1990 to the new moon of November 17, 1990, a cycle of 29.73 days.