Waxing · 54.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°
First Quarter at
03:11UTC
Moon phase on September 6, 2019First Quarter
On Friday, September 6, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
387,120 km240,545 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 6, 2019 is on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 04:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 30, 2019 | 10:37 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, September 6, 2019 | 03:11 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, September 14, 2019 | 04:33 |
The Moon around September 6
More about this date
Friday, September 6, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2019 to the new moon of September 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.33 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.