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The Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on September 12, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 September 2024383,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.9% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
383,791 km238,477 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2024 is on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 02:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Thursday, September 12, 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.