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The Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2016: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on September 27, 2016Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 September 2016390,997 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
390,997 km242,954 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Tuesday, September 27, 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.