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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 February 1989397,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
397,638 km247,081 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 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.