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The Moon on Thursday, October 19, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on October 19, 1989Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 October 1989373,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
373,012 km231,779 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Thursday, October 19, 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.