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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1989: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Last Quarter at

20:46UTC

Moon phase on April 28, 1989Last Quarter

Friday 28 April 1989379,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1989, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
379,271 km235,668 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 21, 198903:14
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, April 28, 198920:46
New Moon (after)Friday, May 5, 198911:46

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.