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The Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on October 24, 1990Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 October 1990404,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 24, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
404,016 km251,044 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1990 is on Friday, November 2, 1990 at 21:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Wednesday, October 24, 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.