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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 January 1989399,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
399,488 km248,230 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 21, 198921:34
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 30, 198902:02

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 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.