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The Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on September 5, 2009Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 September 2009395,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 5, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
395,985 km246,054 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 18:44 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 4, 200916:03
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 12, 200902:16

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Saturday, September 5, 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.