Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°
Moon age
1.3days
Moon phase on September 21, 2017Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, September 21, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
387,982 km241,081 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 21, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 05:30 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, September 20, 2017 | 05:30 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, September 28, 2017 | 02:54 |
The Moon around September 21
More about this date
Thursday, September 21, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 2017 to the new moon of October 19, 2017, a cycle of 29.57 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.