Waxing · 15.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°
Moon age
4.1days
Moon phase on September 5, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Monday, September 5, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
404,142 km251,122 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 5, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 09:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, September 1, 2016 | 09:03 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, September 9, 2016 | 11:49 |
The Moon around September 5
More about this date
Monday, September 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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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.