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The Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on September 26, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 September 2023361,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
361,846 km224,841 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 22, 202319:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 29, 202309:58

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.