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The Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1989: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 1989Waning Crescent

Thursday 26 October 1989404,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 26, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
404,538 km251,368 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Thursday, October 26, 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.