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The Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2022: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on September 22, 2022Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 September 2022399,929 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
399,929 km248,504 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Thursday, September 22, 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.