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The Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1989: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on April 1, 1989Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 April 1989372,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 1, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
372,356 km231,371 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 30, 198910:22
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 6, 198903:33

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Saturday, April 1, 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.