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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1989: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 1989Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 July 1989373,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
373,640 km232,169 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 25, 198913:31
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 1, 198916:06

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 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.