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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on August 11, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 August 1989395,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
395,596 km245,812 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 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.