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The Moon on Friday, September 28, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on September 28, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 September 2012390,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
390,113 km242,405 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Friday, September 28, 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.