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The Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on September 1, 2022Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 September 2022380,079 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
380,079 km236,170 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 27, 202208:17
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 3, 202218:08

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Thursday, September 1, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 2022 to the new moon of September 25, 2022, a cycle of 29.57 days.