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The Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on September 14, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 14 September 2016374,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
374,772 km232,872 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Wednesday, September 14, 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.