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The Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 11, 1989Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 March 1989366,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
366,245 km227,574 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Saturday, March 11, 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.