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The Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on June 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 June 1989401,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
401,235 km249,316 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 11, 198906:59
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 19, 198906:57

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Thursday, June 15, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 1989 to the new moon of July 3, 1989, a cycle of 29.38 days.