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The Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1989: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 31, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 31 May 1989364,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 31, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
364,701 km226,614 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 31, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 28, 198904:01
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 3, 198919:53

The Moon around May 31

More about this date

Wednesday, May 31, 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.