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The Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on September 8, 2021Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 September 2021372,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 8, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
372,196 km231,272 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 00:52 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 7, 202100:52
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 13, 202120:39

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 2021 to the new moon of October 6, 2021, a cycle of 29.43 days.