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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on September 16, 1999Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 September 1999404,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
404,331 km251,240 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 9, 1999 at 22:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 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.