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The Moon on Monday, September 12, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 September 2005371,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
371,501 km230,840 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 11, 200511:37
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 18, 200502:01

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Monday, September 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 2005 to the new moon of October 3, 2005, a cycle of 29.65 days.