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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on September 17, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 September 2021378,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
378,363 km235,104 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 13, 202120:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 20, 202123:55

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 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.