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The Moon on Friday, July 28, 1989: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on July 28, 1989Waning Crescent

Friday 28 July 1989376,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 28, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
376,034 km233,657 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Friday, July 28, 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.