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The Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on July 9, 1989Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 July 1989402,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 9, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
402,950 km250,381 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Sunday, July 9, 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.