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The Moon on Monday, September 18, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on September 18, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 18 September 1989361,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
361,966 km224,915 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Monday, September 18, 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.