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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on September 16, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 September 2040365,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
365,802 km227,299 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2040 is on Thursday, September 20, 2040 at 17:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 6, 2040 at 15:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 2040 to the new moon of October 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.59 days.