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The Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2016: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on September 25, 2016Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 September 2016383,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 25, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
383,257 km238,145 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Sunday, September 25, 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.