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The Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 15, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 September 2005361,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 15, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
361,339 km224,525 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Thursday, September 15, 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.