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The Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on September 2, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 September 2009403,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 2, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
403,399 km250,660 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Wednesday, September 2, 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.