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The Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 2008Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 September 2008371,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 17, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
371,655 km230,936 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 15, 200809:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 22, 200805:04

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Wednesday, September 17, 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.