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The Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1989: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on September 27, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 September 1989400,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
400,399 km248,796 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Wednesday, September 27, 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.