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The Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on September 12, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 September 1989372,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 12, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
372,973 km231,754 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Tuesday, September 12, 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.