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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on July 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 July 1989392,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
392,026 km243,593 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 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.