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The Moon on Friday, September 11, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on September 11, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 September 1981383,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 11, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.7% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
383,398 km238,232 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1981 is on Monday, September 14, 1981 at 03:09 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 29, 1981 at 14:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 6, 198113:26
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 14, 198103:09

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Friday, September 11, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 29, 1981 to the new moon of September 28, 1981, a cycle of 29.56 days.