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The Moon on Friday, September 12, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 September 2008391,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
391,020 km242,968 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 19:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Friday, September 12, 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.