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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on May 19, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 May 1989401,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
401,182 km249,283 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 5, 1989 at 11:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 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.