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The Moon on Thursday, April 13, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on April 13, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 April 1989392,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.5% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
392,823 km244,089 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 12, 198923:13
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 21, 198903:14

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Thursday, April 13, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1989 to the new moon of May 5, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.