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The Moon on Thursday, September 11, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on September 11, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 September 1997377,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
377,343 km234,470 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1997 is on Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 18:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 1, 1997 at 23:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Thursday, September 11, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 1997 to the new moon of October 1, 1997, a cycle of 29.71 days.