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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on September 17, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 September 1991404,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.9% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
404,318 km251,232 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1991 is on Monday, September 23, 1991 at 22:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 8, 1991 at 11:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 15, 199122:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 23, 199122:40

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 1991 to the new moon of October 7, 1991, a cycle of 29.44 days.