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The Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1989: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on October 28, 1989Waning Crescent

Saturday 28 October 1989406,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 28, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
406,566 km252,628 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Saturday, October 28, 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.