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The Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on September 26, 2021Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 September 2021404,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 26, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
404,530 km251,363 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 10 days later.

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Sunday, September 26, 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.