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The Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on September 21, 2013Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 September 2013383,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 21, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
383,760 km238,457 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2013 is on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 11:13 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Saturday, September 21, 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.