Waning · 49.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°
Last Quarter at
09:56UTC
Moon phase on September 23, 2016Last Quarter
On Friday, September 23, 2016, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
374,822 km232,904 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 23, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, September 16, 2016 | 19:05 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Friday, September 23, 2016 | 09:56 |
| New Moon (after) | Saturday, October 1, 2016 | 00:12 |
The Moon around September 23
More about this date
Friday, September 23, 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.
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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.