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The Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2021: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on September 30, 2021Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 September 2021396,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 30, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
396,685 km246,488 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 29, 202101:57
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 6, 202111:05

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Thursday, September 30, 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.