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The Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2014: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Last Quarter at

02:05UTC

Moon phase on September 16, 2014Last Quarter

Tuesday 16 September 2014396,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
396,864 km246,600 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2014 is on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 01:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 9, 201401:38
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, September 16, 201402:05
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 24, 201406:14

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 2014 to the new moon of September 24, 2014, a cycle of 29.67 days.