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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on June 21, 1989Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 June 1989380,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
380,358 km236,344 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 19, 198906:57
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 26, 198909:09

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 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.