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The Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on January 17, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 January 1989380,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
380,327 km236,324 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Tuesday, January 17, 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.