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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on September 16, 2007Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 September 2007405,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
405,426 km251,920 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2007 is on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 19:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 12:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 2007 to the new moon of October 11, 2007, a cycle of 29.68 days.