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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2020: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 2020Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 September 2020367,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
367,207 km228,172 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2020 is on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 05:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 2 days later.

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 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.