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The Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on September 8, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 September 2022364,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 8, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
364,833 km226,697 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Thursday, September 8, 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.