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The Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on April 19, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 April 1989406,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
406,010 km252,283 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Wednesday, April 19, 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.