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The Moon on Sunday, December 10, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 10, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 10 December 1989361,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 10, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
361,454 km224,597 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Sunday, December 10, 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.