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The Moon on Monday, September 24, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 24, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 September 2012376,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 24, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.5% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
376,837 km234,156 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Monday, September 24, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2012 to the new moon of October 15, 2012, a cycle of 29.41 days.