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The Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 26, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 September 2012383,374 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
383,374 km238,217 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Wednesday, September 26, 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.