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The Moon on Friday, September 19, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on September 19, 2008Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 September 2008369,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 19, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
369,026 km229,302 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Friday, September 19, 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.