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The Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1989: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 30, 1989Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 December 1989385,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 30, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
385,469 km239,519 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1989 is on Thursday, January 11, 1990 at 04:57 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 1989 at 03:20 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 28, 198903:20
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 4, 199010:40

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Saturday, December 30, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1989 to the new moon of January 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.67 days.