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The Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 February 1989387,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
387,223 km240,609 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 12, 198923:15
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 20, 198915:32

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Wednesday, February 15, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1989 to the new moon of March 7, 1989, a cycle of 29.45 days.