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The Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1989: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on September 24, 1989Waning Crescent

Sunday 24 September 1989389,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 24, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
389,818 km242,222 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 22, 198902:10
New Moon (after)Friday, September 29, 198921:47

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Sunday, September 24, 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.