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The Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2020: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on September 12, 2020Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 September 2020384,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 12, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
384,798 km239,102 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 5 days later.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Saturday, September 12, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 2020 to the new moon of September 17, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.