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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 1990: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on December 14, 1990Waning Crescent

Friday 14 December 1990405,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
405,620 km252,041 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1990 is on Sunday, December 2, 1990 at 07:50 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.