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The Moon on Friday, February 17, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 February 1989394,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
394,564 km245,170 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Friday, February 17, 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.