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The Moon on Saturday, February 25, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on February 25, 1989Waning Gibbous

Saturday 25 February 1989404,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 25, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
404,286 km251,211 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 25, 1989 is on Monday, February 20, 1989 at 15:32 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 20, 198915:32
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 28, 198920:08

The Moon around February 25

More about this date

Saturday, February 25, 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.