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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2022: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Last Quarter at

21:52UTC

Moon phase on September 17, 2022Last Quarter

Saturday 17 September 2022401,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 2022, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
401,711 km249,612 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 10, 202209:59
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 17, 202221:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 25, 202221:55

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 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.