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The Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on April 26, 1989Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 April 1989388,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 26, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
388,588 km241,458 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 21, 198903:14
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 28, 198920:46

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Wednesday, April 26, 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.