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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on September 16, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 September 2010395,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
395,727 km245,893 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2010 is on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 09:17 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:30 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 2010 to the new moon of October 7, 2010, a cycle of 29.34 days.