Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°
Full Moon at
19:05UTC
Moon phase on September 16, 2016Full Moon
On Friday, September 16, 2016, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
365,679 km227,222 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 364,740 km from Earth. SupermoonPenumbral lunar eclipse
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 16, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 15 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, September 9, 2016 | 11:49 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, September 16, 2016 | 19:05 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, September 23, 2016 | 09:56 |
The Moon around September 16
More about this date
Friday, September 16, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.