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The Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 15 January 1989374,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
374,382 km232,630 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 14, 198913:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 198921:34

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Sunday, January 15, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1989 to the new moon of February 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.51 days.