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The Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on September 22, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 September 2015380,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
380,118 km236,194 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 21, 201508:59
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 28, 201502:51

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 2015 to the new moon of October 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.73 days.