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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on December 17, 1989Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 December 1989388,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
388,493 km241,398 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1989 is on Tuesday, December 12, 1989 at 16:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 28, 1989 at 03:20 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 12, 198916:30
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 19, 198923:55

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 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.