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The Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1989: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

New Moon at

03:33UTC

Moon phase on April 6, 1989New Moon

Thursday 6 April 1989357,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 6, 1989, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
357,647 km222,232 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 30, 198910:22
New Moon (this day)Thursday, April 6, 198903:33
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 12, 198923:13

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Thursday, April 6, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1989 to the new moon of May 5, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.