Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 30, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 30 September 2009401,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 30, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
401,356 km249,391 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2009 is on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 06:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 18:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Wednesday, September 30, 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.