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The Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2010: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on September 2, 2010Waning Crescent

Thursday 2 September 2010380,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 2, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
380,365 km236,348 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:30 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Thursday, September 2, 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.