9 November 1989
Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit
The Berlin Wall opens
The crowds went through the checkpoints under an 86% waxing gibbous.
The order came out of a mistimed press conference, and the guards at Bornholmer Straße opened the gate on their own initiative because no one could reach anybody with the authority to say no.
- Date
- 9 November 1989
- Moon computed for
- 19:00 local time, UTC+1
- Phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Illuminated
- 83%
Source: Deutsches Historisches Museum