Waning · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°
Moon age
16.8days
Moon phase on August 18, 1989Waning Gibbous
On Friday, August 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
364,288 km226,358 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 18, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, August 17, 1989 | 03:07 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 23, 1989 | 18:40 |
The Moon around August 18
More about this date
Friday, August 18, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.