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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on July 17, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 July 1989382,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
382,742 km237,825 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 3, 1989 at 04:59 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 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.