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The Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on June 17, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 June 1989394,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
394,917 km245,390 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Saturday, June 17, 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.