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The Moon on Monday, March 6, 1989: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 6, 1989Waning Crescent

Monday 6 March 1989360,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 6, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
360,736 km224,151 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Monday, March 6, 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.