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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on September 22, 2016Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 September 2016370,729 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
370,729 km230,360 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.