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The Moon on Monday, September 19, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on September 19, 2016Waning Gibbous

Monday 19 September 2016362,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 19, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
362,349 km225,153 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 16, 201619:05
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 23, 201609:56

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Monday, September 19, 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.