Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°
First Quarter at
17:39UTC
Moon phase on September 4, 2011First Quarter
On Sunday, September 4, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
374,703 km232,829 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 4, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, August 29, 2011 | 03:04 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, September 4, 2011 | 17:39 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, September 12, 2011 | 09:27 |
The Moon around September 4
More about this date
Sunday, September 4, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
- The same date one year apart: 2010 · 2012.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.