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The Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2017: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on September 17, 2017Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 September 2017374,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
374,016 km232,403 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2017 is on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 07:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 05:30 UTC, 3 days later.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Sunday, September 17, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 21, 2017 to the new moon of September 20, 2017, a cycle of 29.46 days.