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The Moon on Friday, June 23, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on June 23, 1989Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 June 1989374,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 23, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
374,830 km232,908 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1989 is on Monday, June 19, 1989 at 06:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Friday, June 23, 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.