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The Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2009: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on September 17, 2009Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 September 2009364,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 17, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
364,976 km226,786 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 18:44 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 12, 200902:16
New Moon (after)Friday, September 18, 200918:44

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Thursday, September 17, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2009 to the new moon of September 18, 2009, a cycle of 29.36 days.