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The Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on September 17, 1989Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 September 1989359,689 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
359,689 km223,500 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 15, 198911:51
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 22, 198902:10

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Sunday, September 17, 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.