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The Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on September 15, 1999Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 September 1999403,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 15, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
403,364 km250,639 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 22:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 9, 199922:02
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 17, 199920:06

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Wednesday, September 15, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1999 to the new moon of October 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.56 days.