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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1989: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

New Moon at

16:06UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 1989New Moon

Tuesday 1 August 1989388,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 1989, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
388,968 km241,693 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 25, 198913:31
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, August 1, 198916:06
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 9, 198917:29

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 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.