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The Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on September 27, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 September 2009404,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 27, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
404,161 km251,134 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 18:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 26, 200904:50
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 4, 200906:10

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Sunday, September 27, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 2009 to the new moon of October 18, 2009, a cycle of 29.45 days.