Moon calendar

Moon phases in September 2032

The full moon falls on 19 September 2032, within a day of perigee, so the disc is at its largest.

Phases

• New moon4 September 2032 at 20:57 UTC406,182 km away
• First quarter12 September 2032 at 18:49 UTC380,398 km away
• Full moon19 September 2032 at 09:30 UTC358,642 km away
• Last quarter26 September 2032 at 09:12 UTC394,143 km away

Perigee and apogee

The Moon's distance varies by more than 40,000 km over a month. At perigee the disc appears about 14% wider than at apogee — a difference that is obvious in a photograph and almost impossible to judge by eye, since there is nothing in the sky to compare it to.

A perigee full moon

The full moon on 19 September 2032 falls within a day of perigee on 18 September 2032, at 358,024 km. This is the configuration usually marketed as a supermoon. The effect is real but modest: the disc is a few per cent wider than an average full moon, not the dramatic difference the name suggests.

Times from an ELP-derived lunar theory, accurate to within one arcminute. Watch the phase change in the live simulation. A new moon is when a solar eclipse becomes possible; a full moon, a lunar one.