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The Moon on Monday, September 26, 2016: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on September 26, 2016Waning Crescent

Monday 26 September 2016387,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 26, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
387,258 km240,631 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Monday, September 26, 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.