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The Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on September 1, 2012Waning Gibbous

Saturday 1 September 2012388,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 1, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
388,903 km241,653 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 31, 201213:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 8, 201213:15

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Saturday, September 1, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 2012 to the new moon of September 16, 2012, a cycle of 29.43 days.