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The Moon on Friday, September 30, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on September 30, 2022Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 September 2022373,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 30, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
373,802 km232,270 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2022 is on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 20:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 21:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Friday, September 30, 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.