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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 1989Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 October 1989362,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
362,341 km225,148 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 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.