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The Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 May 1989403,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
403,309 km250,605 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Thursday, May 18, 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.