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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1989: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 1989Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 July 1989378,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
378,796 km235,373 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 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.