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The Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on September 20, 2008Waning Gibbous

Saturday 20 September 2008368,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 20, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
368,919 km229,236 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Saturday, September 20, 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.