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The Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on April 9, 1989Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 April 1989369,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 9, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
369,130 km229,367 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Sunday, April 9, 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.