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The Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 1989Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 24 January 1989402,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 24, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
402,022 km249,805 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Tuesday, January 24, 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.