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The Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 1989: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on April 4, 1989Waning Crescent

Tuesday 4 April 1989358,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 4, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
358,856 km222,982 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Tuesday, April 4, 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.