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The Moon on Monday, September 4, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on September 4, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 September 2017391,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 4, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.6% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
391,618 km243,340 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Monday, September 4, 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.