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The Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on September 26, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 September 2001402,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 26, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
402,054 km249,825 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 24, 200109:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 2, 200113:49

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Wednesday, September 26, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2001 to the new moon of October 16, 2001, a cycle of 29.37 days.