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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 1989Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 March 1989358,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
358,847 km222,977 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 7, 198918:19
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 14, 198910:11

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1989 to the new moon of April 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.38 days.