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The Moon on Friday, September 22, 1989: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Last Quarter at

02:10UTC

Moon phase on September 22, 1989Last Quarter

Friday 22 September 1989380,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 22, 1989, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
380,262 km236,284 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 15, 198911:51
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, September 22, 198902:10
New Moon (after)Friday, September 29, 198921:47

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Friday, September 22, 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.