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The Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2011: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Last Quarter at

13:39UTC

Moon phase on September 20, 2011Last Quarter

Tuesday 20 September 2011392,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
392,510 km243,894 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 12, 201109:27
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 20, 201113:39
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 27, 201111:09

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 29, 2011 to the new moon of September 27, 2011, a cycle of 29.34 days.