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The Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2023: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on September 5, 2023Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 September 2023382,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
382,331 km237,569 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Tuesday, September 5, 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.