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The Moon on Thursday, November 23, 1989: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on November 23, 1989Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 November 1989404,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 23, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
404,809 km251,537 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Thursday, November 23, 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.