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The Moon on Monday, December 11, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 11, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 December 1989361,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 11, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
361,552 km224,658 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 28, 1989 at 09:41 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Monday, December 11, 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.