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The Moon on Monday, October 9, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 9, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 October 1989380,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 9, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
380,336 km236,329 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 8, 198900:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 14, 198920:32

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Monday, October 9, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 1989 to the new moon of October 29, 1989, a cycle of 29.74 days.