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The Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on September 6, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 September 1984398,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 6, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
398,064 km247,345 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 2, 198410:30
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 10, 198407:01

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Thursday, September 6, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1984 to the new moon of September 25, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.