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The Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on September 8, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 September 2019396,695 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 8, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
396,695 km246,495 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2019 is on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 04:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 6, 201903:11
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 14, 201904:33

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Sunday, September 8, 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.