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The Moon on Monday, May 22, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 May 1989392,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 22, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
392,300 km243,764 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 20, 198918:16
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 28, 198904:01

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Monday, May 22, 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.