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The Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on September 22, 2021Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 September 2021395,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
395,401 km245,691 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Wednesday, September 22, 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.