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The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

21.8days

Moon phase on September 3, 2026Waning Gibbous

Thursday 3 September 2026371,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.5% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
371,874 km231,072 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2026 is on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 202604:19
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 4, 202607:51

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2026 to the new moon of September 11, 2026, a cycle of 29.41 days.