Waning · 50.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°
Last Quarter at
13:19UTC
Moon phase on October 21, 1989Last Quarter
On Saturday, October 21, 1989, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.7% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
50.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
385,047 km239,257 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 1989 is on Saturday, October 14, 1989 at 20:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, October 14, 1989 | 20:32 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Saturday, October 21, 1989 | 13:19 |
| New Moon (after) | Sunday, October 29, 1989 | 15:27 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Saturday, October 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.