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The Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on September 3, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 September 2014374,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
374,009 km232,399 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 2, 201411:11
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 9, 201401:38

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Wednesday, September 3, 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.