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The Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on September 5, 2024Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 September 2024406,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 5, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
406,193 km252,397 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2024 is on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 02:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 01:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Thursday, September 5, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 2024 to the new moon of October 2, 2024, a cycle of 29.70 days.