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The Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2011: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on September 24, 2011Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 September 2011368,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 24, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
368,622 km229,051 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Saturday, September 24, 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.