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The Moon on Monday, August 31, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on August 31, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 August 2009405,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 31, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
405,256 km251,815 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 27, 200911:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 4, 200916:03

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Monday, August 31, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2009 to the new moon of September 18, 2009, a cycle of 29.36 days.