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The Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2016: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on September 29, 2016Waning Crescent

Thursday 29 September 2016397,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 29, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
397,559 km247,032 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Thursday, September 29, 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.