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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 April 1989396,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
396,214 km246,196 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1989 is on Friday, April 21, 1989 at 03:14 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 21, 198903:14
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 28, 198920:46

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 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.