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The Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on September 21, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 September 2072400,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 21, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
400,184 km248,662 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2072 is on Tuesday, September 27, 2072 at 08:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 12, 2072 at 09:07 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 19, 207204:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, September 27, 207208:43

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Wednesday, September 21, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 2072 to the new moon of October 11, 2072, a cycle of 29.37 days.