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The Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on August 19, 1989Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 August 1989363,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
363,560 km225,906 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1989 is on Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:07 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 17, 198903:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 23, 198918:40

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Saturday, August 19, 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.