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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1989: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on February 5, 1989Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 February 1989365,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
365,748 km227,265 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 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.