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The Moon on Wednesday, January 25, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on January 25, 1989Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 January 1989403,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 25, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
403,913 km250,980 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Wednesday, January 25, 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.