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The Moon on Thursday, November 2, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on November 2, 1989Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 November 1989399,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 2, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
399,783 km248,413 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Thursday, November 2, 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.