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The Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2023: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on September 9, 2023Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 September 2023401,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 9, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
401,758 km249,641 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 6, 202322:21
New Moon (after)Friday, September 15, 202301:40

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Saturday, September 9, 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.