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The Moon on Monday, April 3, 1989: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on April 3, 1989Waning Crescent

Monday 3 April 1989362,165 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 3, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
362,165 km225,039 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Monday, April 3, 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.