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The Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on August 10, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 10 August 1989399,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 10, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.6% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
399,614 km248,308 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 9, 198917:29
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 17, 198903:07

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Thursday, August 10, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1989 to the new moon of August 31, 1989, a cycle of 29.57 days.