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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 1989Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 October 1989367,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
367,260 km228,205 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 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.