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The Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 5, 2020Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 September 2020405,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 5, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
405,313 km251,850 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Saturday, September 5, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2020 to the new moon of September 17, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.