Waning · 71.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°
Moon age
20.1days
Moon phase on September 21, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
367,065 km228,084 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 21, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 10 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, September 16, 2016 | 19:05 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, September 23, 2016 | 09:56 |
The Moon around September 21
More about this date
Wednesday, September 21, 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.