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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on July 12, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 July 1989402,449 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
402,449 km250,070 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 11, 198900:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 18, 198917:42

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.