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The Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on September 3, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 September 2025390,589 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 3, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
390,589 km242,701 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2025 is on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 18:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 06:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 31, 202506:25
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 7, 202518:09

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2025 to the new moon of September 21, 2025, a cycle of 29.57 days.