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The Moon on Monday, May 8, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 1989Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 May 1989374,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 8, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
374,327 km232,596 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 5, 198911:46
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 12, 198914:20

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Monday, May 8, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1989 to the new moon of June 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.