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The Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 8, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 September 2011391,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 8, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
391,895 km243,512 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Thursday, September 8, 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.