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The Moon on Monday, September 6, 2021: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on September 6, 2021Waning Crescent

Monday 6 September 2021379,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 6, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
379,182 km235,613 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, August 30, 202107:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 7, 202100:52

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Monday, September 6, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 2021 to the new moon of September 7, 2021, a cycle of 29.46 days.