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The Moon on Monday, September 7, 2026: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on September 7, 2026Waning Crescent

Monday 7 September 2026368,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 7, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
368,417 km228,923 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 2026 is on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 04:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 4, 202607:51
New Moon (after)Friday, September 11, 202603:27

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Monday, September 7, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 2026 to the new moon of September 11, 2026, a cycle of 29.41 days.