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The Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on September 19, 1989Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 September 1989365,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
365,570 km227,155 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Tuesday, September 19, 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.