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The Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2015: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on September 9, 2015Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 September 2015398,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 9, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
398,437 km247,577 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 5, 201509:54
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 13, 201506:41

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2015 to the new moon of September 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.66 days.