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The Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on September 18, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 September 2021381,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 18, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
381,349 km236,959 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Saturday, September 18, 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.