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The Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1999: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on September 8, 1999Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 September 1999378,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 8, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
378,858 km235,411 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 22:02 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 2, 199922:17
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 9, 199922:02

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Wednesday, September 8, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1999 to the new moon of September 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.45 days.