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The Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on September 21, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 21 September 2008369,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 21, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.3% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
369,466 km229,576 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2008 is on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 09:14 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 15, 200809:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 22, 200805:04

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Sunday, September 21, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2008 to the new moon of September 29, 2008, a cycle of 29.51 days.