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The Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on September 6, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 September 2014360,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 6, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
360,782 km224,180 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 14:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Saturday, September 6, 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.