Waning · 99.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°
Moon age
16.0days
Moon phase on May 21, 1989Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, May 21, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
395,543 km245,779 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 21, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, May 20, 1989 | 18:16 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, May 28, 1989 | 04:01 |
The Moon around May 21
More about this date
Sunday, May 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 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.