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The Moon on Monday, October 30, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on October 30, 1989Waxing Crescent

Monday 30 October 1989405,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 30, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
405,825 km252,168 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 29, 198915:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 6, 198914:11

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Monday, October 30, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 29, 1989 to the new moon of November 28, 1989, a cycle of 29.76 days.