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The Moon on Friday, July 21, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on July 21, 1989Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 July 1989369,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 21, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
369,748 km229,751 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 18, 198917:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 25, 198913:31

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Friday, July 21, 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.