Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°
Moon age
4.2days
Moon phase on September 17, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, September 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.
15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
402,943 km250,377 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 17, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 06:41 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, September 21, 2015 | 08:59 |
The Moon around September 17
More about this date
Thursday, September 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.