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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 May 1989404,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
404,930 km251,612 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 12, 198914:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 20, 198918:16

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1989 to the new moon of June 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.34 days.