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The Moon on Friday, September 8, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on September 8, 2017Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 September 2017376,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 8, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
376,842 km234,158 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 05:30 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Friday, September 8, 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.