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The Moon on Friday, November 17, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on November 17, 1989Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 November 1989377,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
377,212 km234,388 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1989 is on Monday, November 13, 1989 at 05:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 13, 198905:52
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 20, 198904:44

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Friday, November 17, 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.