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The Moon on Friday, November 3, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on November 3, 1989Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 November 1989396,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 3, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
396,356 km246,284 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Friday, November 3, 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.