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The Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on September 10, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 10 September 2016396,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
396,666 km246,477 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 9, 201611:49
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 16, 201619:05

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Saturday, September 10, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.