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The Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

21.5days

Moon phase on September 28, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 28 September 2021403,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
403,051 km250,444 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 28, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 8 days later.

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Tuesday, September 28, 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.