Waxing · 47.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°
First Quarter at
18:08UTC
Moon phase on September 3, 2022First Quarter
On Saturday, September 3, 2022, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
373,124 km231,848 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 3, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 08:17 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, August 27, 2022 | 08:17 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, September 3, 2022 | 18:08 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, September 10, 2022 | 09:59 |
The Moon around September 3
More about this date
Saturday, September 3, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.