Waning · 98.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°
Moon age
16.4days
Moon phase on April 22, 1989Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, April 22, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
401,789 km249,660 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 22, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, April 21, 1989 | 03:14 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, April 28, 1989 | 20:46 |
The Moon around April 22
More about this date
Saturday, April 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.