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The Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1989: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 1989Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 October 1989390,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 22, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
390,538 km242,669 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 21, 198913:19
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 29, 198915:27

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Sunday, October 22, 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.