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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 11, 1989Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 May 1989391,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
391,970 km243,559 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 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.