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The Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on September 2, 1989Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 September 1989404,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 2, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
404,159 km251,133 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Saturday, September 2, 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.