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The Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 1989: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on October 25, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 25 October 1989402,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 25, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
402,340 km250,003 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Wednesday, October 25, 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.