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The Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 2017Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 September 2017370,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
370,189 km230,025 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Tuesday, September 12, 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.