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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 1989Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 May 1989385,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
385,385 km239,467 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1989 is on Saturday, May 20, 1989 at 18:16 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.