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The Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on July 23, 1989Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 July 1989368,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 23, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
368,436 km228,936 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Sunday, July 23, 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.