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The Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2001: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 September 2001359,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 15, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
359,351 km223,291 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2001 is on Sunday, September 2, 2001 at 21:43 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 17, 2001 at 10:27 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Saturday, September 15, 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.