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The Moon on Monday, August 14, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on August 14, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Monday 14 August 1989379,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 14, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
379,718 km235,946 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Monday, August 14, 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.