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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 September 2005361,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
361,118 km224,388 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 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.