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The Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on September 27, 2022Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 September 2022381,877 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
381,877 km237,287 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 25, 202221:55
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 3, 202200:14

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 2022 to the new moon of October 25, 2022, a cycle of 29.54 days.