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The Moon on Friday, September 1, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on September 1, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 September 2017401,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 1, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
401,839 km249,691 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 29, 201708:13
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 6, 201707:03

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Friday, September 1, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2017 to the new moon of September 20, 2017, a cycle of 29.46 days.