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The Moon on Tuesday, July 11, 1989: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

First Quarter at

00:19UTC

Moon phase on July 11, 1989First Quarter

Tuesday 11 July 1989403,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 11, 1989, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
403,882 km250,960 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 3, 198904:59
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, July 11, 198900:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 18, 198917:42

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Tuesday, July 11, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 3, 1989 to the new moon of August 1, 1989, a cycle of 29.46 days.