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The Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on September 13, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 13 September 2016380,455 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
380,455 km236,404 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Tuesday, September 13, 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.