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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 2026Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 September 2026396,262 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
396,262 km246,226 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2026 is on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 16:49 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 03:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 11, 202603:27
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 18, 202620:44

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 2026 to the new moon of October 10, 2026, a cycle of 29.52 days.