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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 1990: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on December 12, 1990Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 December 1990401,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
401,560 km249,517 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1990 is on Sunday, December 2, 1990 at 07:50 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 9, 199002:04
New Moon (after)Monday, December 17, 199004:22

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 17, 1990 to the new moon of December 17, 1990, a cycle of 29.80 days.