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The Moon on Friday, September 24, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on September 24, 2021Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 September 2021401,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 24, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
401,486 km249,471 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 12 days later.

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Friday, September 24, 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.