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The Moon on Thursday, November 9, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on November 9, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 November 1989365,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 9, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
365,556 km227,146 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 29, 1989 at 15:27 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 6, 198914:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 13, 198905:52

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Thursday, November 9, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 29, 1989 to the new moon of November 28, 1989, a cycle of 29.76 days.