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The Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on January 11, 1989Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 January 1989366,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
366,535 km227,754 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 7, 198919:22
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 14, 198913:58

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Wednesday, January 11, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1989 to the new moon of February 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.51 days.