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The Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2001: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on September 11, 2001Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 September 2001376,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
376,925 km234,210 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 10, 200119:00
New Moon (after)Monday, September 17, 200110:27

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Tuesday, September 11, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2001 to the new moon of September 17, 2001, a cycle of 29.31 days.