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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 2, 1989Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 December 1989390,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.8% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
390,086 km242,388 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 28, 198909:41
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 6, 198901:26

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 1989 to the new moon of December 28, 1989, a cycle of 29.74 days.