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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on September 28, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 September 2001405,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
405,528 km251,983 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2001 is on Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 13:49 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 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.