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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

September 2026 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The 2026 Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for September 2026, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Sep 1Waning Gibbous83%
Sep 2Waning Gibbous74%
Sep 3Waning Gibbous64%
Sep 4Waning Gibbous52%
Sep 5Waning Crescent41%
Sep 6Waning Crescent30%
Sep 7Waning Crescent20%
Sep 8Waning Crescent11%
Sep 9Waning Crescent5%
Sep 10Waning Crescent1%
Sep 11New Moon0%
Sep 12Waxing Crescent1%
Sep 13Waxing Crescent5%
Sep 14Waxing Crescent10%
Sep 15Waxing Crescent17%
Sep 16Waxing Crescent25%
Sep 17Waxing Crescent34%
Sep 18Waxing Crescent43%
Sep 19Waxing Gibbous53%
Sep 20Waxing Gibbous62%
Sep 21Waxing Gibbous71%
Sep 22Waxing Gibbous79%
Sep 23Waxing Gibbous87%
Sep 24Waxing Gibbous93%
Sep 25Waxing Gibbous97%
Sep 26Full Moon100%
Sep 27Full Moon100%
Sep 28Waning Gibbous97%
Sep 29Waning Gibbous93%
Sep 30Waning Gibbous86%
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