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The Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on September 21, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 21 September 2021391,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
391,817 km243,464 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Tuesday, September 21, 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.