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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 1990: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

First Quarter at

20:27UTC

Moon phase on October 26, 1990First Quarter

Friday 26 October 1990397,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 1990, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
397,656 km247,092 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1990 is on Friday, November 2, 1990 at 21:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 18, 1990 at 15:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 18, 199015:37
First Quarter (this day)Friday, October 26, 199020:27
Full Moon (after)Friday, November 2, 199021:48

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 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.