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Lunar Calendar Month September 2021 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory during September 2021.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2021-09-0706:52
1st quarter2021-09-1402:39
full moon2021-09-2105:55
3rd quarter2021-09-2907:57

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during September 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-09-1116:07368,463 km
Apogee2021-09-2703:45404,639 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Beehive2021-09-04 10:07
Venus2021-09-10 08:09
Saturn2021-09-17 08:37
Jupiter2021-09-18 12:50

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of September 2021.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of British Indian Ocean Territory.

September 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 35
30Monday
 
31Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
36.4% illuminated
Age:23.4
2Thursday
 
27.4% illuminated
Age:24.3
3Friday
 
19.2% illuminated
Age:25.3
4Saturday
 
11.9% illuminated
Age:26.2
5Sunday
 
6.1% illuminated
Age:27.2
Week 36
6Monday
 
2% illuminated
Age:28.2
7Tuesday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:29.2
8Wednesday
 
0.6% illuminated
Age:0.7
9Thursday
 
3.7% illuminated
Age:1.8
10Friday
 
9.3% illuminated
Age:2.9
11Saturday
 
17.1% illuminated
Age:4
12Sunday
 
26.7% illuminated
Age:5.1
Week 37
13Monday
 
37.4% illuminated
Age:6.2
14Tuesday
 
48.8% illuminated
Age:7.3
15Wednesday
 
60.1% illuminated
Age:8.3
16Thursday
 
70.8% illuminated
Age:9.4
17Friday
 
80.4% illuminated
Age:10.5
18Saturday
 
88.4% illuminated
Age:11.5
19Sunday
 
94.4% illuminated
Age:12.5
Week 38
20Monday
 
98.3% illuminated
Age:13.5
21Tuesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:14.5
22Wednesday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age:15.5
23Thursday
 
96.9% illuminated
Age:16.4
24Friday
 
92.5% illuminated
Age:17.4
25Saturday
 
86.6% illuminated
Age:18.3
26Sunday
 
79.5% illuminated
Age:19.2
Week 39
27Monday
 
71.3% illuminated
Age:20.1
28Tuesday
 
62.4% illuminated
Age:21
29Wednesday
 
53.1% illuminated
Age:21.9
30Thursday
 
43.5% illuminated
Age:22.8
1Friday
 
2Saturday
 
3Sunday
 
4Monday
 
5Tuesday
 
6Wednesday
 
7Thursday
 
8Friday
 
9Saturday
 
10Sunday
 
11Monday
 
12Tuesday
 
13Wednesday
 
14Thursday
 
15Friday
 
16Saturday
 
17Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z