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The Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 6, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 September 2011383,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
383,772 km238,465 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Tuesday, September 6, 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.