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The Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on September 27, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 September 2001404,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
404,328 km251,238 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Thursday, September 27, 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.