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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1989Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 October 1989356,901 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
356,901 km221,768 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 14, 198920:32
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 21, 198913:19

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 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.