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The Moon on Sunday, September 24, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on September 24, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 September 2023368,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 24, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
368,945 km229,252 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 22, 202319:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 29, 202309:58

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Sunday, September 24, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.