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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on September 3, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 September 2009401,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
401,386 km249,410 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 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.