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The Moon on Monday, September 5, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on September 5, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 September 2011379,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 5, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
379,282 km235,675 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 4, 201117:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 12, 201109:27

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Monday, September 5, 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.