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The Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 2023Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 September 2023398,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
398,640 km247,703 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 15, 202301:40
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 22, 202319:32

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Sunday, September 17, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.