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The Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1989: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on September 26, 1989Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 September 1989397,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 26, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
397,435 km246,955 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Tuesday, September 26, 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.