Waxing · 45.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°
First Quarter at
23:13UTC
Moon phase on April 12, 1989First Quarter
On Wednesday, April 12, 1989, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
387,378 km240,705 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 12, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, April 6, 1989 | 03:33 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, April 12, 1989 | 23:13 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, April 21, 1989 | 03:14 |
The Moon around April 12
More about this date
Wednesday, April 12, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.