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The Moon on Friday, September 1, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on September 1, 1989Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 September 1989402,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 1, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
402,238 km249,939 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 31, 198905:45
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 8, 198909:49

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Friday, September 1, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 1989 to the new moon of September 29, 1989, a cycle of 29.67 days.