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The Moon on Sunday, February 19, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on February 19, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 February 1989400,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
400,305 km248,738 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Sunday, February 19, 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.