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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on December 19, 1990Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 December 1990403,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
403,039 km250,436 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 17, 199004:22
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 25, 199003:16

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1990 to the new moon of January 15, 1991, a cycle of 29.81 days.