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The Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on June 18, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 June 1989391,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
391,177 km243,066 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 3, 1989 at 19:53 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Sunday, June 18, 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.