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The Moon on Monday, December 25, 1989: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 1989Waning Crescent

Monday 25 December 1989401,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 25, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
401,549 km249,511 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 1989 at 03:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Monday, December 25, 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.