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The Moon on Friday, September 9, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on September 9, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 September 2011395,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 9, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
395,385 km245,681 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Friday, September 9, 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.