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The Moon on Monday, November 6, 1989: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

First Quarter at

14:11UTC

Moon phase on November 6, 1989First Quarter

Monday 6 November 1989382,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 6, 1989, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
382,009 km237,369 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 29, 198915:27
First Quarter (this day)Monday, November 6, 198914:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 13, 198905:52

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Monday, November 6, 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.