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The Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on September 12, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 September 2019405,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
405,977 km252,262 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2019 is on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 04:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Thursday, September 12, 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.