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The Moon on Thursday, July 13, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on July 13, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 July 1989399,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
399,853 km248,457 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Thursday, July 13, 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.