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The Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on September 23, 2025Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 September 2025401,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
401,709 km249,610 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2025 is on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 03:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 19:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 21, 202519:54
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 29, 202523:54

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 2025 to the new moon of October 21, 2025, a cycle of 29.69 days.