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The Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2016: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on September 24, 2016Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 September 2016379,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
379,067 km235,542 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 23, 201609:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 1, 201600:12

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Saturday, September 24, 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.