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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on September 15, 2015Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 September 2015406,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
406,076 km252,324 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 13, 201506:41
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 21, 201508:59

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 2015 to the new moon of October 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.73 days.