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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on September 16, 1984Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 September 1984396,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
396,413 km246,320 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1984 is on Monday, September 10, 1984 at 07:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 25, 1984 at 03:11 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 10, 198407:01
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 18, 198409:31

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 26, 1984 to the new moon of September 25, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.