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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on August 12, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 August 1989390,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
390,710 km242,776 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.