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The Moon on Wednesday, May 3, 1989: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on May 3, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 May 1989360,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 3, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
360,184 km223,808 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Wednesday, May 3, 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.