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The Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2022: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on September 20, 2022Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 September 2022404,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,068 km251,076 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 17, 202221:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 25, 202221:55

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Tuesday, September 20, 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.