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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on December 20, 1990Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 December 1990400,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
400,618 km248,932 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.