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The Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on September 24, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 September 2015368,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 24, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
368,136 km228,749 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 21, 201508:59
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 28, 201502:51

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Thursday, September 24, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 2015 to the new moon of October 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.73 days.