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The Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on September 8, 2001Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 September 2001392,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 8, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
392,238 km243,725 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Saturday, September 8, 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.