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The Moon on Thursday, July 6, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on July 6, 1989Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 July 1989393,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 6, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
393,363 km244,424 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 3, 198904:59
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 11, 198900:19

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Thursday, July 6, 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.