Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, September 13, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on September 13, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 13 September 1989367,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
367,494 km228,350 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 31, 1989 at 05:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Wednesday, September 13, 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.