Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°
Full Moon at
21:34UTC
Moon phase on January 21, 1989Full Moon
On Saturday, January 21, 1989, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
393,310 km244,391 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 394,609 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 21, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at 19:22 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, January 14, 1989 | 13:58 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Saturday, January 21, 1989 | 21:34 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, January 30, 1989 | 02:02 |
The Moon around January 21
More about this date
Saturday, January 21, 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.