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The Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on October 3, 1989Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 October 1989405,400 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 3, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
405,400 km251,904 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 29, 198921:47
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 8, 198900:52

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Tuesday, October 3, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 1989 to the new moon of October 29, 1989, a cycle of 29.74 days.