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The Moon on Thursday, September 24, 2020: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

First Quarter at

01:55UTC

Moon phase on September 24, 2020First Quarter

Thursday 24 September 2020380,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 24, 2020, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
380,654 km236,527 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 17, 202011:00
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 24, 202001:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 1, 202021:05

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Thursday, September 24, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2020 to the new moon of October 16, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.