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The Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on September 2, 2015Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 September 2015365,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
365,132 km226,882 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 29, 201518:35
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 5, 201509:54

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2015 to the new moon of September 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.66 days.