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The Moon on Monday, December 24, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on December 24, 1990Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 December 1990384,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 24, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
384,233 km238,751 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1990 is on Monday, December 31, 1990 at 18:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 17, 1990 at 04:22 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Monday, December 24, 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.