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Moon phases September 2016

New moon
Thu 01 Sept
09:03 UTC
First quarter
Fri 09 Sept
11:49 UTC
Full · Harvest
Fri 16 Sept
19:05 UTC
Last quarter
Fri 23 Sept
09:56 UTC

In September 2016 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Thursday, September 1 at 09:03 UTC, the First Quarter on Friday, September 9 at 11:49 UTC, the Full Moon on Friday, September 16 at 19:05 UTC and the Last Quarter on Friday, September 23 at 09:56 UTC. The full moon is the Harvest Moon.

01New New Moon, 0% lit 0%09:03 02 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 03 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 04 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 05 Waxing Crescent, 16% lit 16% 06 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 07 Waxing Crescent, 32% lit 32% 08 Waxing Crescent, 41% lit 41% 09First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%11:49 10 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%19:05 17 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 18 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 19 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 20 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 21 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 22 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 23Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%09:56 24 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 25 Waning Crescent, 28% lit 28% 26 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 27 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 28 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 29 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 30 Waning Crescent, 0% lit 0%

Exact phase times

September 2016 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on September 1, the First Quarter on September 9, the Full Moon on September 16 and the Last Quarter on September 23.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonThursday, September 1, 201609:03
First QuarterFriday, September 9, 201611:49
Full MoonFriday, September 16, 201619:05
Last QuarterFriday, September 23, 201609:56

Friday, September 16, 2016: Harvest Moon, 364,740 km from Earth. SupermoonPenumbral lunar eclipse

Full moons · 2016

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf 22 Feb Snow 23 Mar Worm penumbral eclipse 22 Apr Pink Micromoon 21 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry 19 Jul Buck 18 Aug Sturgeon 16 Sept Harvest penumbral eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 14 Nov Beaver Supermoon 14 Dec Cold Supermoon