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Lunar phase today Shanghai

Lunar Day 18

Moon phase today September 21, 2026

What is moon today in Shanghai?

Today's lunar phase in Shanghai, China, the moon is in 🌔 the Waxing Gibbous phase, with 74.73% illumination, with an age of 9.81 days. The current distance between Shanghai, China and the moon is 402,706.87km.

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Moon phase today

Note: all moon data below it's analytic based on this location coordinates latitude 31.230416 and longitude 121.473701 also base on Time zone Asia/Shanghai because of that and for higher accuracy you will find it different from place to place.
Monday, September 21, 2026
09:56:05 PM
Lunar Day 18
Waxing Gibbous
74.73%
Shanghai
China
  • Location:
    China, Shanghai
  • Moon phase:
    🌔 Waxing Gibbous
  • Lunar day (Moon Age):
    9.81
  • Illumination:
    74.73%
  • MoonRise/MoonSet:
    14:46/00:04
  • Altitude:
    -48.67°
  • Period:
    🕑 14 Hours and 42 Minutes
  • Angular diameter:
    28.34°
  • Distance to Shanghai:
    402,706.87km
  • Next full Moon:
    September 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
  • Next full Moon countdown:
    4 Days, 19 Hours and 26 Minutes

Upcoming moon phases

September 22, 2026
Lunar Day 9
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 75.45%
Rise
15:23
Set
01:03
September 23, 2026
Lunar Day 10
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 83.33%
Rise
15:55
Set
02:02
September 24, 2026
Lunar Day 11
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 90.08%
Rise
16:25
Set
03:02
September 25, 2026
Lunar Day 12
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 95.34%
Rise
16:54
Set
04:01
September 26, 2026
Lunar Day 13
Full Moon
Illumination: 98.75%
Rise
17:23
Set
05:01
September 27, 2026
Lunar Day 14
Full Moon
Illumination: 100%
Rise
17:52
Set
06:03
September 28, 2026
Lunar Day 15
Full Moon
Illumination: 98.84%
Rise
18:25
Set
07:07

Current moon cycle

It's common to give the moon four phases names (Moon Cycle), it's like they divide the moon phases to forth different times, First one is the new moon, second one is the first quarter, third one full moon, fourth one and the last it's the last quarter, In the below we will list for you the current moon cycles with the four times that we talked about
PhaseStart DateMoonriseMoonrsetIlluminationAge
🌑 New MoonSaturday, September 12, 202606:2918:320.35%0.56
🌓 First QuarterFriday, September 18, 202612:2622:1538.73%6.31
🌕 Full MoonSaturday, September 26, 202617:2305:0198.75%13.71
🌗 Last QuarterSaturday, October 3, 202622:4412:4360.35%21.17

Moon Phase Calendar for September, 2026

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
  
1Waning Gibbous🌖 86.71%Age 18.27
2Waning Gibbous🌖 78.35%Age 19.31
3Last Quarter🌗 68.49%Age 20.37
4Last Quarter🌗 57.6%Age 21.43
5Last Quarter🌗 46.21%Age 22.5
6Last Quarter🌗 34.93%Age 23.59
7Waning Crescent🌘 24.36%Age 24.68
8Waning Crescent🌘 15.14%Age 25.77
9Waning Crescent🌘 7.8%Age 26.87
10New Moon🌑 2.77%Age 27.96
11New Moon🌑 0.28%Age 29.03
12New Moon🌑 0.35%Age 0.56
13New Moon🌑 2.82%Age 1.58
14Waxing Crescent🌒 7.36%Age 2.58
15Waxing Crescent🌒 13.61%Age 3.55
16Waxing Crescent🌒 21.16%Age 4.49
17Waxing Crescent🌒 29.64%Age 5.41
18First Quarter🌓 38.73%Age 6.31
19First Quarter🌓 48.13%Age 7.21
20First Quarter🌓 57.56%Age 8.1
21First Quarter🌓 66.76%Age 8.99
22Waxing Gibbous🌔 75.45%Age 9.89
23Waxing Gibbous🌔 83.33%Age 10.81
24Waxing Gibbous🌔 90.08%Age 11.75
25Waxing Gibbous🌔 95.34%Age 12.72
26Full Moon🌕 98.75%Age 13.71
27Full Moon🌕 100%Age 14.73
28Full Moon🌕 98.84%Age 15.78
29Waning Gibbous🌖 95.2%Age 16.84
30Waning Gibbous🌖 89.17%Age 17.92