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The Moon on Friday, August 25, 1989: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on August 25, 1989Waning Crescent

Friday 25 August 1989379,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 25, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
379,350 km235,717 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 23, 198918:40
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 31, 198905:45

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Friday, August 25, 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.