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The Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on September 8, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 September 1984403,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 8, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
403,285 km250,590 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Saturday, September 8, 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.