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The Moon on Monday, March 13, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 13, 1989Waxing Crescent

Monday 13 March 1989377,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
377,217 km234,392 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Monday, March 13, 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.