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The Moon on Friday, September 20, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 2013Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 September 2013379,004 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
379,004 km235,502 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2013 is on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 11:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 19, 201311:13
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 27, 201303:56

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Friday, September 20, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 2013 to the new moon of October 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.54 days.