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The Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 1989: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on November 21, 1989Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 November 1989399,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 21, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
399,309 km248,119 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 20, 198904:44
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 28, 198909:41

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Tuesday, November 21, 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.