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The Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on December 7, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 December 1989369,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 7, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
369,160 km229,385 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 6, 198901:26
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 12, 198916:30

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Thursday, December 7, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 1989 to the new moon of December 28, 1989, a cycle of 29.74 days.