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The Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2022: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on September 24, 2022Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 September 2022393,010 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 24, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
393,010 km244,205 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2022 is on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 09:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Saturday, September 24, 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.