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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1989: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 45.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 1989Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 1989401,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
401,926 km249,745 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 1989 at 03:20 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 19, 198923:55
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 28, 198903:20

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.