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The Moon on Friday, June 2, 1989: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 2, 1989Waning Crescent

Friday 2 June 1989365,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 2, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
365,458 km227,085 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Friday, June 2, 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.