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The Moon on Friday, October 13, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on October 13, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 October 1989359,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 13, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
359,090 km223,128 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 29, 1989 at 21:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Friday, October 13, 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.