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The Moon on Sunday, August 13, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on August 13, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 August 1989385,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
385,285 km239,405 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Sunday, August 13, 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.