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The Moon on Thursday, September 11, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 11, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 September 2008395,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
395,367 km245,669 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 7, 200814:04
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 15, 200809:14

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Thursday, September 11, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2008 to the new moon of September 29, 2008, a cycle of 29.51 days.