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The Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on September 20, 2016Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 September 2016364,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
364,160 km226,278 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Tuesday, September 20, 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.