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The Moon on Sunday, August 6, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 6, 1989Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 August 1989403,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 6, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
403,927 km250,988 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 1, 198916:06
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 9, 198917:29

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Sunday, August 6, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1989 to the new moon of August 31, 1989, a cycle of 29.57 days.