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The Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on September 6, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 September 2022365,430 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
365,430 km227,068 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 2022 to the new moon of September 25, 2022, a cycle of 29.57 days.