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The Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on August 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 August 1989374,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
374,448 km232,671 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1989 at 16:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Tuesday, August 15, 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.