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The Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1989: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 5, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 April 1989357,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 5, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,281 km222,004 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Wednesday, April 5, 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.