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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 1989: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on May 1, 1989Waning Crescent

Monday 1 May 1989365,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
365,382 km227,038 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 28, 198920:46
New Moon (after)Friday, May 5, 198911:46

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 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.