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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2011: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on September 22, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 September 2011380,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
380,809 km236,624 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 20, 201113:39
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 27, 201111:09

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.