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The Moon on Monday, September 13, 2021: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

First Quarter at

20:39UTC

Moon phase on September 13, 2021First Quarter

Monday 13 September 2021369,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 13, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
369,915 km229,855 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 7, 202100:52
First Quarter (this day)Monday, September 13, 202120:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 20, 202123:55

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Monday, September 13, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 2021 to the new moon of October 6, 2021, a cycle of 29.43 days.