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The Moon on Friday, September 30, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on September 30, 2011Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 September 2011362,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 30, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
362,969 km225,538 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 27, 201111:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 4, 201103:15

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Friday, September 30, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.