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The Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1989: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on February 2, 1989Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 February 1989381,653 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 2, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
381,653 km237,148 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 30, 198902:02
New Moon (after)Monday, February 6, 198907:37

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Thursday, February 2, 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.