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The Moon on Monday, September 16, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on September 16, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 September 1991403,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 16, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,516 km250,733 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1991 is on Monday, September 23, 1991 at 22:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 8, 1991 at 11:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 15, 199122:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 23, 199122:40

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Monday, September 16, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 1991 to the new moon of October 7, 1991, a cycle of 29.44 days.