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The Moon on Monday, July 3, 1989: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

New Moon at

04:59UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 1989New Moon

Monday 3 July 1989380,060 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 3, 1989, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
380,060 km236,158 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 26, 198909:09
New Moon (this day)Monday, July 3, 198904:59
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 11, 198900:19

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Monday, July 3, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 1989 to the new moon of August 1, 1989, a cycle of 29.46 days.