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The Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on September 20, 1989Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 September 1989370,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 20, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
370,095 km229,966 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1989 is on Friday, September 15, 1989 at 11:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Wednesday, September 20, 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.