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The Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on September 3, 2016Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 September 2016399,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
399,775 km248,409 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 1, 201609:03
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 9, 201611:49

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Saturday, September 3, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 1, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.