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The Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on September 29, 2015Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 September 2015358,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
358,863 km222,987 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 28, 201502:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 4, 201521:06

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Tuesday, September 29, 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.