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The Moon on Friday, September 23, 2022: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on September 23, 2022Waning Crescent

Friday 23 September 2022396,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 23, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
396,686 km246,489 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Friday, September 23, 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.