Waning · 93.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°
Moon age
16.5days
Moon phase on September 23, 2021Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, September 23, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
398,705 km247,744 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 23, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Monday, September 20, 2021 | 23:55 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, September 29, 2021 | 01:57 |
The Moon around September 23
More about this date
Thursday, September 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.