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The Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 2010: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Last Quarter at

17:22UTC

Moon phase on September 1, 2010Last Quarter

Wednesday 1 September 2010386,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 1, 2010, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
386,132 km239,931 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:30 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 24, 201017:05
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 1, 201017:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 8, 201010:30

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 2010 to the new moon of September 8, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.