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The Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1989: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on September 28, 1989Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 September 1989402,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 28, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
402,800 km250,288 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Thursday, September 28, 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.