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The Moon on Sunday, September 11, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on September 11, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 September 2016391,818 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 11, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.5% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
391,818 km243,464 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Sunday, September 11, 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.