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The Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 2011Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 September 2011406,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
406,032 km252,297 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 12, 201109:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 20, 201113:39

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Thursday, September 15, 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.