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The Moon on Friday, January 13, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on January 13, 1989Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 January 1989369,360 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
369,360 km229,510 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Friday, January 13, 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.