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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 2011Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 September 2011403,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
403,732 km250,868 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 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.