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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1989: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Full Moon at

17:42UTC

Moon phase on July 18, 1989Full Moon

Tuesday 18 July 1989378,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1989, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
378,406 km235,131 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 377,456 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 11, 198900:19
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 18, 198917:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 25, 198913:31

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 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.