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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on October 11, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 October 1989368,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
368,062 km228,703 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 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.