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The Moon on Sunday, September 19, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on September 19, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 September 2021384,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 19, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
384,642 km239,006 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Sunday, September 19, 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.