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The Moon on Monday, July 24, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on July 24, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 July 1989368,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 24, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
368,936 km229,246 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1989 is on Tuesday, July 18, 1989 at 17:42 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Monday, July 24, 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.