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The Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2014: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

First Quarter at

11:11UTC

Moon phase on September 2, 2014First Quarter

Tuesday 2 September 2014379,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
379,398 km235,747 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 25, 201414:13
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 2, 201411:11
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 9, 201401:38

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 2014 to the new moon of September 24, 2014, a cycle of 29.67 days.