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The Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 1989: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on March 1, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 1 March 1989388,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 1, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
388,715 km241,536 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 28, 198920:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 7, 198918:19

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Wednesday, March 1, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1989 to the new moon of March 7, 1989, a cycle of 29.45 days.