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The Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 2024: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

First Quarter at

06:06UTC

Moon phase on September 11, 2024First Quarter

Wednesday 11 September 2024389,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
389,676 km242,133 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 2024 is on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 02:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 3, 202401:56
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 11, 202406:06
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 18, 202402:34

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 2024 to the new moon of October 2, 2024, a cycle of 29.70 days.