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The Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 1989: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on November 22, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 November 1989402,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 22, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
402,619 km250,175 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Wednesday, November 22, 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.