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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 1989: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 1989Waning Crescent

Friday 27 October 1989405,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
405,924 km252,230 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 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.