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The Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on September 10, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 10 September 2011398,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 10, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
398,456 km247,589 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Saturday, September 10, 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.