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The Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on April 11, 1989Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 April 1989381,357 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
381,357 km236,964 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Tuesday, April 11, 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.