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The Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on June 8, 1989Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 June 1989391,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 8, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
391,888 km243,508 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 3, 198919:53
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 11, 198906:59

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Thursday, June 8, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 1989 to the new moon of July 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.38 days.