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The Moon on Friday, June 16, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on June 16, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 June 1989398,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 16, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
398,356 km247,527 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Friday, June 16, 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.