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The Moon on Saturday, September 26, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on September 26, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 September 2020390,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 26, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
390,155 km242,431 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 24, 202001:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 1, 202021:05

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Saturday, September 26, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2020 to the new moon of October 16, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.