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The Moon on Friday, September 30, 2016: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on September 30, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 30 September 2016400,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 30, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
400,323 km248,749 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2016 is on Friday, September 16, 2016 at 19:05 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Friday, September 30, 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.