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The Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on September 6, 2012Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 September 2012403,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 6, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
403,934 km250,993 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Thursday, September 6, 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.