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The Moon on Friday, September 2, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on September 2, 2011Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 September 2011366,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 2, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
366,334 km227,629 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 29, 201103:04
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 4, 201117:39

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Friday, September 2, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 29, 2011 to the new moon of September 27, 2011, a cycle of 29.34 days.