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The Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on September 21, 2019Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 September 2019384,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 21, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
384,982 km239,217 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2019 is on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 04:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 18:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 14, 201904:33
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 22, 201902:41

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Saturday, September 21, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 2019 to the new moon of September 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.33 days.