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The Moon on Saturday, September 19, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 19, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 September 2026404,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 19, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
404,118 km251,107 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2026 is on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Saturday, September 19, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 2026 to the new moon of October 10, 2026, a cycle of 29.52 days.