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The Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 2023: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Last Quarter at

22:21UTC

Moon phase on September 6, 2023Last Quarter

Wednesday 6 September 2023388,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
388,332 km241,298 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2023 is on Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 01:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 31, 202301:36
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 6, 202322:21
New Moon (after)Friday, September 15, 202301:40

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2023 to the new moon of September 15, 2023, a cycle of 29.67 days.