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The Moon on Sunday, November 5, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on November 5, 1989Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 November 1989387,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 5, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
387,374 km240,703 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Sunday, November 5, 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.