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The Moon on Friday, September 1, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on September 1, 2023Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 September 2023360,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 1, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
360,410 km223,948 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 31, 202301:36
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 6, 202322:21

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Friday, September 1, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.