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The Moon on Monday, September 26, 2011: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on September 26, 2011Waning Crescent

Monday 26 September 2011359,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 26, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
359,833 km223,590 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2011 is on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 09:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Monday, September 26, 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.