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The Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on September 9, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 September 1989391,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 9, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
391,029 km242,974 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 8, 198909:49
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 15, 198911:51

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Saturday, September 9, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 1989 to the new moon of September 29, 1989, a cycle of 29.67 days.