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The Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on September 6, 2001Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 September 2001399,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 6, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
399,598 km248,299 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 2, 200121:43
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 10, 200119:00

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Thursday, September 6, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2001 to the new moon of September 17, 2001, a cycle of 29.31 days.