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The Moon on Friday, April 21, 1989: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Full Moon at

03:14UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1989Full Moon

Friday 21 April 1989403,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 21, 1989, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
403,783 km250,899 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 404,372 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 12, 198923:13
Full Moon (this day)Friday, April 21, 198903:14
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 28, 198920:46

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Friday, April 21, 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.