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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on December 23, 1990Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 December 1990389,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
389,279 km241,887 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 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.