Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°
Moon age
12.7days
Moon phase on January 20, 1989Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, January 20, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
390,004 km242,337 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 20, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, January 14, 1989 | 13:58 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, January 21, 1989 | 21:34 |
The Moon around January 20
More about this date
Friday, January 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.