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The Moon on Friday, September 24, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on September 24, 2010Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 September 2010402,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
402,812 km250,296 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2010 is on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 09:17 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 23, 201009:17
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 1, 201003:52

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Friday, September 24, 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.