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The Moon on Friday, April 7, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on April 7, 1989Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 April 1989359,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 7, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
359,933 km223,652 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 6, 198903:33
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 12, 198923:13

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Friday, April 7, 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.